Spruce Lake Industrial Park: Candid Discussion

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversial Spruce Lake Industrial Park proposal and the events surrounding a lengthy public hearing.

This week, we finally get to break the silence around the Spruce Lake Industrial Park conversation that led to what might be the longest public hearing in NB's history, certainly Saint John's history. The final vote was unamious support in this major industrial expansion proposal that includes two Letters of interest valued at over 2.3 billion dollars and featured some of the stiffest backlash by a community that has been seen. What went on? Why did things end with a physical altercation after the vote? Let's talk about it.

People in this episode

Hosts: Joanna Killen, Brent Harris

Topics covered

• industrial expansion
• public hearing
• community backlash
• political discussion
• local governance

Keywords

• Spruce Lake Industrial Park
• public hearing
• Saint John
• industrial expansion
• community backlash
• vote
• New Brunswick

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Spruce Lake Industrial Park, New Brunswick, Saint John

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