Seed cleaning plant to receive assistance from county

Shannon LeClair

Times Reporter

 

Members of the Strathmore Seed Cleaning plant were at the Wheatland County council chambers on July 19 to discuss their plans for the new plant, and ask the county to assist financially with the cost of building an access road. The request for decision was approved and the county will provide $76,900 to help the seed cleaning plant when they are ready to begin construction, as part of an endeavor to assist. The hope is to begin work this fall, and possibly have the new plant running by next summer. 

 

Encana hoping to cost share

Encana would like to begin trucking out Liquid Natural Gas, LNG, out of their Ferus Road Building. They are hoping to cost share with the county, and see the county pay approximately $245,000. The hope is to begin construction next spring, and David Churchill, Manager of Transportation and Infrastructure for the county, said it would be possible to add it to next year’s budget. County councillors would like to see the road paved now to help battle against future possibilities of higher truck traffic. A letter has been sent to Encana to invite them to the county to further discuss the details of the road, and their proposal. 

 

Rural Address Signs 

The tender for placing the new rural address signs has been granted to Alberta Traffic Supplies. Originally the plan was to have them GPS the signs. The cost of doing so would be $68,000, so Churchill said they have opted to do the GPS themselves, which will cost approximately $20,000.