Metlakatla First Nation residents to receive update on plans for South Kaien Development Project

A site along the Ridley Island Connector road has been 
selected for a potential logistics park to service Port facilities
(from the PRPA website)

Plans continue to evolve towards development by the Metlakatla Development Corporation of a Logistics terminal on South Kaien Island, with the Metlakatla First Nation setting up a meeting for its membership for this Friday, February 11th from 10AM to Noon to go over the latest notes on the proposed development.

As part of their notice of the virtual meeting, the MFN notes of their continued due diligence on a loan from the First Nations Finance Authority for the purpose of developing the logistics park. The loan as they explain it would be for up to 30 years, though no amount for the loan is listed at this point in their notes for the membership.

The purpose of the loan would be to facilitate the preparation of the site for flat serviced lots.

Those Metlakatla members who may have an interest in the Friday session can contact Shaun Thomas at sthomas@metlakatla.ca for more information.

To register for the Zoom session follow this link.

The proposed logistical site was first introduced back in 2019 and will be a partnership between the Prince Rupert Port Authority and the Metlakatkla Development Corporation.

The Prince Rupert Port Authority has a page on their website dedicated toward the development which you can review here

Some background on the plans from our archives can be round below:

December 2020 -- Prince Rupert Port Authority and Metlakatla Development Corporation seek out tenants for new logistics park on South Kaien Island 

May 2019 -- Metlakatla Development Corporation set to evaluate potential of Intermodal rail/truck yard 

More notes on the proposed development can be reviewed here.

Further items of interest from Metlakatla can be examined here.