By Canadian Press

Fix could be delayed for Cape Breton town plagued by stinky sewage

Sep 24, 2019 | 12:29 PM

INVERNESS, N.S. — Residents of a small community in Cape Breton are worried they’ll have to suffer through another year of putrid fumes wafting from an overworked sewage lagoon despite a highly publicized public protest.

Rose Mary MacDonald, president of the Inverness Development Association, says town council approved a plan in August that calls for completion of the final design for a new sewage treatment plant by November.

However, MacDonald says a provincial funding application for the new plant has yet to be submitted to the federal government, which means construction probably won’t be completed until the end of next summer.

The provincial Municipal Affairs Department couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

The former coal mining town is known for its two world-class golf resorts, but the stench from the lagoon has often left residents — and some golfers — gagging.

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The fetid facility is adjacent to Cabot Links, which opened in 2011 — marking the start of the revival of a hardscrabble town that withered after its last coal mine closed in the 1990s.

The Canadian Press