Boat Harbour Remediation Project
Over the past years, the Boat Harbour Remediation Project has worked closely with stakeholders to develop a cleanup plan for Boat Harbour.
The goal of the cleanup is to return Boat Harbour to its original state as a tidal estuary.
On January 24, 2025, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault approved Build Nova Scotia’s Boat Harbour Remediation Project, with conditions. That decision was informed by the conclusions of the Environmental Assessment Report prepared by the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. Read more here.
The cleanup is expected to take somewhere between four and seven years to complete with a current budget estimate of $425 million.
We will keep the website updated with information for Requests for Proposals.
What is the Boat Harbour Remediation Project?
The Boat Harbour Remediation Project Team has developed a plan that addresses the following issues:
effectively removing contaminated sediment from the bottom of Boat Harbour
containing the contaminated materials safely
remediating nearby wetlands
monitoring all environmental impacts throughout the project
removal of infrastructure
building a new bridge at Highway 348
A summary of the full project description is available on the resources page.