Login | Register

Town gets $250,000 boost
Friday July 18 2008 The Town of Halton Hills is $250,000 richer after representatives of TransCanada Corporation handed over a cheque recently.
TransCanada is building the Halton Hills Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant, in the 401-407 Gateway Business Park. The state-of-the-art low emissions plant, scheduled for completion in 2010, will produce 683 megawatts of power, which is enough to provide power for 600,000 homes.
The donation is part of TransCanada’s Community Investment program. Bill Watts, project manager, and David Small, site manager, presented a cheque to Mayor Rick Bonnette at a June council meeting. One of the top priorities of this program is to improve the quality of life for the people who live in the communities where TransCanada does business.
“TransCanada is pleased to support initiatives which meet our community investment criteria and align with our priorities of education, health, environment, or civic investment projects,” said Finn Greflund, TransCanada vice-president, Power Generation and Development, in a press release. “TransCanada is proud to donate $250,000 in funding for the Town of Halton Hills. We all benefit from living and working in healthy, vibrant communities.”
“This is good news,” said Bonnette, accepting the cheque. “The $250,000 is part of the community contribution that TCE made to the Town of Halton Hills. This is part of the agreement that we had with TransCanada and part of the approval process. We’re very pleased TransCanada has fulfilled their obligations.
“Not only do we get this very generous donation, this plant will generate significant property taxes for many years to come.”

North Peel Media Group Newspapers: The Brampton Guardian Caledon Enterprise Independent & Free Press Orangeville Banner