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Council approves rezoning
Tb News Source | Web Posted: 2/20/2007 5:44:59 PM
http://www.tbsource.com/Localnews/index.asp?cid=92703

It will be easier for a large energy producer to set up shop in Thunder Bay. City Council approved a recommendation from administration that heavy industrial and harbour industrial areas be zoned for the generation and distribution of electricity Monday night.

There was plenty of discussion between council and administration about what exactly could be constructed.

Councillor Aldo Ruberto raised the spectre of a coal plant being erected but administration dismissed the possibility, citing the government's current stance on coal power saying it would be a very remote possibility. What they do hope is that it will encourage green sources of energy to take root which the government is encouraging.

The re-zoning could also provide dividends for industry in the city. A complete environmental assessment of a new project will be done by the province before it gets the green light.