The RM of Estevan is seeking some public input on a proposal for another man camp located within the municipality.
A permit application has been filed for AA Estevan Lodge Inc. to set up a 260-room work camp just south of Highway 39 west of Estevan.
This proposed camp would add to the available accommodation inside the RM following the recent opening of Boundary Lodge, a 350-room work camp northeast of Estevan.
The proposed parcel of land for the camp was originally slated to sit behind the weigh scales on Highway 39, and would be situated on 13 acres of land. The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure rejected that plan, so the new proposal has the camp situated north of the highway, across from the weigh scales.
Grace Potter, RM of Estevan administrator, said it is the third attempt by this group to install a camp in the municipality. A previous proposal was for a camp off Breeze Street near the Prairie Animal Health Centre.
"We had a lot of feedback from the people who live there or have businesses there, and they had good reasons, logical reasons, for them not to be there," said Potter. "We just didn't have the infrastructure, really, in place to add that many more people."
For this new proposal, the camp would have a little more space to keep it separate from other properties.
"They're going to be away from other people. Not that they aren't relatively close to acreages, but they will be across the highway and across the CPR tracks. There's quite a buffer there," said Potter, who said the RM is prepared to hear any concerns from people who may be affected by the development.
A public hearing will be held on Nov. 13 at the RM office for ratepayers, and at that time the full details of the proposal will be made public and any questions or concerns may be aired at that time.
Each person with land within a mile of the proposed site received a letter regarding the meeting, and she said all other landowners in the RM are welcome to learn more about the proposed development site.
