Plans by a Cambridge firm to turn raw sewage into fertilizer for farmers fields, will be examined in a public meeting tonight in Dundalk.
It will begin at 7 PM in the Dundalk Arena.
Lystek International Incorporated wants to build a processing plant in Southgate.
Mayor Brian Milne says Lystek already has two plants in operation in Guelph and St. Mary’s.
The company has a patented process that turns the sewage into an almost odourless liquid that can be spread on fields.
Milne expects a number of concerns will be raised over the amount of truck traffic going thru Dundalk, especially near the elementary school.
However, the Mayor says they are looking at alternatives for where the kids can walk, or where the trucks can go — to get to the industrial park.
One alternative is a bypass for trucks off Highway 10 to the industrial park area.
Milne says Southgate has bought up a farm and has been given a tentative green light for a bypass, but exactly where it will go on the land hasn’t been finalized.
Mayor Milne says the bypass could be ready within a year and that would eliminate the concerns of residents about truck traffic in Dundalk.
Lystek has purchase property in the industrial park and hopes to get a shovel in the ground this fall, with fertilizer being produced in Southgate by next summer.