N.B. neighbours of Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory concerned about noise, safety
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The new plant began operation last month, after the company's original plant outside Hartland, N.B., was destroyed by fire in March 2024.
Residents living near the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory say odour, noise and safety concerns are growing.
The new plant began operation last month, after the company’s original plant outside Hartland, N.B., was destroyed by fire in March 2024.
Covered Bridge retrofitted their former warehouse in Woodstock, N.B., to resume making the popular chips.
“The company launched a campaign to let people know that they’re back in business, that they’re here permanently and three fryers operating with two more planned to be installed,” said neighbour Gordon Porter.
Brook Dickinson, the company’s executive vice-president, told Global News on Sept. 9 they were “back in business.”
“We were hurt temporarily, but we’re back in force,” said Dickinson.
“It’s a property we’ve actually owned for over a decade now, so we had it, it was available. We completely renovated it, gutted it from top to bottom, inside and outside, to make it a modern manufacturing facility today.”
But neighbours say since the plant started operating, they’ve been dealing with excessive noise.
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