Thursday, October 31, 2024,
Hello,
As promised, all our teams have been working non-stop, sparing no effort to improve the factory site and quickly have a positive impact on your daily life. The first benefits have already been seen this summer.
For the past six (6) months, thanks to the signing of the tripartite agreement between the Quebec government, the City of Montreal and Sanimax, concrete solutions to known issues have been proposed to enable us to carry out major work to improve cohabitation with you, the neighborhood residents, and to maintain an essential service.
Let’s not forget that rendering is one of Quebec’s essential services, and the continued operation of this plant is vital to ensuring a steady supply of Quebec pork and chicken on grocery shelves.y. Producers, processors and renderers, we are all links in the same chain that feeds Quebecers. The smooth running of our plant has a direct impact from farm to fork.
I invite you to look at the progress of the work. Whether transitional or long-term in nature, they are all being carried out within ambitious timeframes. You’ll see that Sanimax is keeping its word and making every effort to improve the plant site and promote harmonious cohabitation..
It’s important to keep the lines of communication open. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have or to report any incidents.
Terry Finn
Senior Vice President – Country Manager Canada
Sanimax
New features implemented from the end of May 2024 to maximize positives impacts
- Reduced truck waiting time on site
- Reduced traffic in the residential area near Maurice-Duplessis Boulevard.
- Relocation of raw material truck and trailer traffic via the 7th Street entrance
- Optimization of operations management
Major cohabitation works planned for 2024 and 2025, on a tight schedule
- Permanent relocation of truck entrance from Maurice-Duplessis Blvd. to 7th St.
- Building permit application submitted in May 2024
- Installation of an industrial scale
- Demolition of a building to facilitate truck traffic on the site at 7th Street
- Work in progress, inauguration scheduled in 2025
- Re-landscaping with a plant screen, providing a better separation between the industrial and residential sectors
- Concept development – completed in May 2024
- Work completed in September 2024, over 330 trees planted
- Construction of a new garage for waiting trailers, including a air handling unit
- Building permit application submitted in May 2024
- Permit application for air handling system submitted September 2024
- Construction and inauguration planned in 2025
- Optimization of industrial air handling system
- Hiring of a world-renowned air management system consultant
- Permit application for air handling system submitted September 2024
- Work and inauguration planned in 2025
- Improved loading facilities for finished products
- Permit application submitted September 2024
- Work and inauguration scheduled for late 2025
Community relations
- The RDP-PAT and Sanimax Citizens’ Committee meets regularly to report or discuss issues and solutions.
- Sanimax keeps the community informed of its initiatives and work through this blog, a newsletter and Facebook, in addition to distributing flyers and other information tools.
- Throughout the summer season, a sustainable development officer circulates in the area to carry out studies and verifications, and to report any anomalies to the plant teams.
- In coordination with the City of Montreal, Sanimax documents each problem situation, and the mitigation measures put in place immediately, as well as longer-term corrective measures.
HOW TO REACH US
We invite you to notify us directly of any inconvenience or unusual situation you observe that may arise from our activities. This allows us to verify the source and intervene quickly to correct the situation, if necessary.
We’re here to listen, and we promise to respond with care and diligence.
- City of Montreal : 514-280-433
- To ask questions or report problems
- The blog
- Keep up to date with Sanimax news, the summer plan and news about our local activities.
- The newsletter
- To receive Sanimax news directly by e-mail.
- Facebook Group
- Follow Sanimax news directly in your Facebook news feed.
