An Election Issue:

Apparently, there is going to be a garbage-to-fuel plant in the logistics park that is going to be next to the new port, which is conditional on the railway is reopened and fixed.

I have tried to find information about this garbage-fuel-plant using Google, which is necessary as there are no updates on the CBRM website. 

Mayor Clarke has not updated us on what is specifically happening around the development of the port, and the attached logistics park, as we approach our municipal election.

(I believe that the lack of transparency from Mayor Clarke on this and other issues is perhaps the most important reason that we should not grant him a third term.)

Canadian Sailings reported, in November of 2019, that CBRM could have a waste-to-fuel plant in 2021 - next year: 

“NOVARe is the ideal location for our waste plastics-to-fuel conversion industry. It gives us the opportunity to process waste streams from many regions delivered by ship, rail or road transportation,” QCI’s CEO Dean Rose said in a release. “Additionally, it allows us to export our renewable fuels and chemicals via the same network,” he said. Barbusci said in a recent statement that QCI could be operational in Sydney within two years.” 

Barbusci has said that this waste-fuel plant is ideal for NOVARe because no ships are necessary to haul garbage to the plant or fuel from it - trucks could be used. 

Huh. 

How many trucks? And what roads would they use? 

Let’s ask some questions of Mayor Clarke and Councillor Gillespie about this plant. 

It it is absurd that we are not being told anything about this plan. 

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