Group of Sault MDs objects to development
The City of Sault Ste. Marie will not provide support for a ferrochrome plant in the city if due diligence shows that it will be harmful to its residents.
But any environmental assessment will take about five years to complete, along with a complete community engagement process that will outline processes to residents and answer their questions, says Mayor Christian Provenzano. And the process hasn’t even begun yet, he said.
Provenzano is concerned that there is much misinformation being spread across the community about the process that hasn’t even begun. He suggests that residents let the process unfold and the information be disseminated about what a ferrochrome plant would look like in Sault Ste. Marie, the technologies it will employ and any risks that may or may not exist.
“I think there is a significant misunderstanding of where we are in this process,” he said. “The city has not, and will not, sign up to or support a project that is harmful to the community.”
At the same time, Provenzano said, the city is not going to prejudge this project. “We will take the time and effort to get the information the city needs to make an educated decision,” he said. Provenzano vows that if the environmental process shows that there is risk to citizens or the environment, he won’t continue to support the process.
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