Kenora-Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford is cautiously optimistic that the Kenora Forest Products Mill will re-open.
He says with the high price of lumber, the facility can get going almost immediately.
“We’re in a good place to cut good board foot and the forest strategy that Minister Yakabuski just rolled out is a good opportunity for responsible resource development.
The Mill is currently in receivership, but Rickford won’t say if or when a sale of KFP is going to be finalized.
Rickford adds that before the facility can re-open, some enhancements have to be made.
“The folks that live on the lower north side obviously have had on-going, very serious concerns about the noise levels coming out of there. So I think before anything can happen there, we would have to have a plan to put a modern, state-of-the art sound barrier in there.”
