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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Option Reached For Metal Shredder At Emergency Meeting

After three hours of discussion behind closed doors, Mayor Ivan Court says an option has been hammered out that would allow power to reach a metal shredder on the city's west side.

Court says the details of the option can't be released yet because the costs still have to be worked out.

Court says more information on the option will be available by next Monday when Common Council will vote on the issue. Court would not comment on whether the plan involved an alternative power route or underground transmission lines.

Meanwhile, President of the Port Authority Jim Quinn says he thinks the meeting has put them in a much better place than they were. Representatives from the province and NB Power were also in attendance and Quinn says the new idea takes into account the concerns of everyone involved.

Quinn says it's clear everybody wants the company to receive the power it needs to operate in Saint John.