The Malahat First Nation and Steelhead LNG have called a news conference for this morning to announce a proposed new liquefied natural gas project for Vancouver Island. Steelhead spokesman Greg Descantes offered no details, but confirmed the project is separate from the company’s plan to build a $30-billion facility near Port Alberni in partnership with the Huu-ay-aht First Nations.
“It’s not a replacement,” Descantes said of the Malahat proposal. “It’s an additional one.”
The location for the proposed Malahat plant was not released, but last month the First Nation purchased the Bamberton development site from Bamberton Properties LLP for an undisclosed price. A former cement quarry, the 525-hectare site has five kilometres of waterfront on Saanich Inlet. It has been eyed for a number of development schemes over the past two decades.
Lindsay Kines – Times Colonist – August 19, 2015.
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