Woodfibre LNG has the floatel parked at the export facility鈥檚 site in Howe Sound to house its construction workers, but the company says it still needs to continue to use a downtown condo building for its senior workers.
For the last five years, Sirocco 1, on the Mamquam Blind Channel, has housed Woodfibre LNG staff.
At first, it was used for the company鈥檚 pre-construction teams in charge of environmental cleanup efforts.
Now, it is housing for the company鈥檚 construction management team.
鈥淎s construction continues to ramp up, we鈥檙e making some changes to ensure we鈥檙e using available space effectively at Sirocco 1, while keeping the floatel as the primary accommodation for our workforce, as authorized by Environmental Assessment Certificate Amendment #3, and in line with the approved Community Services and Infrastructure Management Plan,鈥� said WLNG鈥檚 Sean Beardow, in an email to The 小蓝视频.
He added that the company was putting 鈥渆xtra measures in place鈥� to minimize impact on the community.
Those extra measures include a new shuttle service for authorized workers to get to and from their marine transportation easily, and not adding to traffic in town, he said.
鈥淎nd while we鈥檝e always had security at Sirocco, security will be scaled up to match the additional occupancy.鈥�
Beardow said the company will closely monitor these changes in Sirocco 1 and provide the community with quarterly Community Services and Infrastructure Management Plan meetings and quarterly Cumulative Issues meetings, 鈥渁s defined in our regulatory authorizations.鈥�
He said the company is committed to having as little impact on town as possible.
鈥淎s the project moves forward, housing needs will shift from time to time. We remain committed to minimizing and mitigating any impacts, continuing to meet regulatory requirements and being a good neighbour to the Squamish community.鈥�
*The 小蓝视频 asked Woodfibre LNG for a tally of staff in the building, and will update this story when we hear back.
