Update

On May 25, 2022, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change released the Long Pond Flood Control Structure project from the Environmental Assessment process. As the project is within the Pippy Park boundary, a condition of the release was that the City was to get approval for the project from the Pippy Park Commission. The City subsequently met with the Pippy Park Commission (PPC) and formally requested commission approval on August 29, 2022. On Dec 2, 2022, the PPC formally rejected the City's request on the basis that the project goes against their mandate to ensure Pippy Park is managed as the core protected area within the Northeast Avalon. The project cannot proceed without the Commission’s approval and discussions with PPC are ongoing.