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November 19 Groundbreaking for Orascom Plant

By on November 9, 2012
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A GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, THE 19TH, FOR THE NEW IOWA (NITROGEN) FERTILIZER PLANT NEAR WEVER. FEATURED SPEAKERS AT THE 3 PM EVENT WILL BE GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD…CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF ORASCOM CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES NASSEF SAWIRIS…AND LEE COUNTY SUPERVISOR LARRY KRUSE.   THE SITE IS ON 180TH STREET AND PARKING WILL BE LIMITED.

THE 1.4-BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO CREATE ABOUT 25-HUNDRED TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND 165 PERMANENT PLANT-EMPLOYEE POSITIONS…AND THE PROSPECT HAS CAUSED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC…POSSIBLE NOISE…AND POTENTIAL POLLUTION IN THE MAINLY-RURAL AREA KNOWN AS THE GREEN BAY BOTTOMS.