Posted Jan 3, 2018, 3:54 PM
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Some news from the north!
Zenabis plant in Atholville is coming along, with the legalization looming we can only expect that the phases will come along faster than initially planned, nice needed jobs for the area.
Some storage units made their way across the Osprey truck stop in Dalhousie, besides the rumoured land of the Tim Horton.
Maybe with the failure of energy east, the Chaleur terminal project might pick up some steam in 2018 at the port of Belledune.
Some rumours about a Mcdonald in Beresford, the rumoured land changed hands in the month of December according to snb website. Nothing esle more tangible about this project has been heard or if there is any truth to it. Also the Cars wash across Ultramar in Beresford will see light this year, the owner alos hints that some more commercial space could also be built in the near future.
Bathurst should have a lot of good news on the retail sector this year, most of the projects at the malls have wraped up and units are ready to be prepped according to the needs or retailers. The mining sector is doing well also so this helps with the local economy.
Bathurst regional airport will see its new terminal open later than expected, the runway expansion work and light convetsion is done.
On the restauration and entetainment side it should be a good year, 4 rivers brewers and the new wine bar will make nice additions on Murray and Main street. Also the long awaited restaurant by Joel Aubie that had been damaged by a fire is now open on King street giving another fine dinning option in the city. Also possible for this year would be the construction and opening of Boston Pizza, they are pushing hard for local investors.
Hopefully this year the old mill site will see better days, the owner said he has found financing since it cost him way more than he expected, a sign of Petro Canada and Robin’s donuts opening for the summer of 2018 had been installed so hopefully this is will see the day this summer.
Also, several large parcels of land have been sold last year with little announced on possible projects, hopefully we will find out soon on their future use!
As for the peninsula, i have no news from that way other than a possible new developpment for the Tracadie downtown, mixed used retail and offices that will fill a big gap made by the destruction of several buildings downtown.
Also Construction Navale Atlantique in Bas Caraquet is making good business, cutting edge fishing boats are being built, look at their Facebook page for some pictures.
And for the Bas Caraquet shipyard again, Groupe Ocean has started back operation last years, continuing on the dry dock project and they will also build the new ferry ordered by the NB government.
For the Edmundston area, have not heard anything lately other that the hotel near the grey rock Casino
So lot of potential for this year for the north, hopefully 2018 will be even better than 2017 was.
And in other good news, i finally got a new phone! So should be able to add colour to the page more often!
Happy New Year
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