The Malahat Nation and Steelhead LNG will not move further on plans to build a terminal on the Bamberton Industrial Lands. On the Malahat LNG , a statement said B次元官网网址淪teelhead LNG made the decision after careful consideration and based on several factors as we look to develop a project that delivers low-cost LNG that is globally competitive.B次元官网网址�

The Peninsula B次元官网网址 Review was first alerted to this via a Facebook post from the mayor of Central Saanich, Ryan Windsor. The statement has not been publicized on Steelhead LNGB次元官网网址檚 website or any of their social media channels.

In an interview, Windsor said he received an email from a known source within the Steelhead partnership, and he felt it legitimate enough to comment publicly.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 consistent with [the DistrictB次元官网网址檚] view that it was not appropriate in the first place to have it in this particular location,B次元官网网址� said Windsor.

Windsor said the area was ecologically sensitive, that it had a long history with the local First Nations (the project is opposed by the four W瘫S脕NE膯 nations in the area) and that it would have been further detrimental to the bay.

Steelhead LNG is continuing to explore the Kwispaa LNG project, formerly Sarita LNG, located southwest of Port Alberni.

MLA Adam Olsen said he has been publicly opposed to this project from Aug. 20, 2015 when it was first announced.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e had some very substantial concerns about the LNG industry exporting natural gas, but more specifically and closer to home, IB次元官网网址檝e always held and maintained publicly that the Saanich Inlet is not the place for such heavy industrial activity,B次元官网网址� said Olsen.

Olsen said that he would continue to maintain and build good relationships with the Malahat First Nation, B次元官网网址渙ur relatives on the other side of the inletB次元官网网址�, and work with their MLA (and fellow Green) Sonia Furstenau to find more environmentally friendly ways to use the Bamberton site.

The Peninsula B次元官网网址 Review has reached out to Steelhead LNG. This story will be updated as it unfolds.

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