A “Stop the Wallace Grain Terminal” town hall meeting was held last week at the West Bank of St. John the Baptist Parish, reports The Louisiana Weekly.
Community members voiced concerns about Greenfield Louisiana's proposed 248-acre terminal in Wallace.
The structure is expected to include 36 grain silos with structures as tall as 300 feet. A grant application stated the Greenfield project is expected to create 300-plus jobs during peak construction and approximately 60 jobs with an average salary of $100,000 plus benefits once operational.
Members of the Wallace community are concerned about the environmental and health impacts of grain dust as well as the risk of explosions.
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