Ocean technology centre goes to court over Dartmouth Cove infilling approval
A Nova Scotia ocean technology research and development hub is taking the minister of Transport Canada to court, after the department approved a construction firm’s proposal to dump 100,000 cubic metres of rock into Halifax harbour’s Dartmouth Cove.
In court documents filed this week, the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE) warned some research operations could be forced to cease if the proposal to infill 2.7 hectares adjacent to the facility is allowed to go ahead.
The infilling project, which would include rock such as pyritic slate from construction sites around Halifax and would create land for future development, has been opposed by a neighbourhood group, the local councillor and the federal MP for the area.
COVE was founded in 2018 as a not-for-profit, and millions of dollars of public money have been spent on the centre. The facility aims to advance ocean technology and grow businesses by offering