About 403 Squamish Chief readers responded to our online poll asking the question: Do you agree with council's decision that defeated the WLNG floatel application?
On April 30, District of Squamish council defeated the temporary use permit application for Woodfibre LNG’s floating worker accommodation, a floatel.
The vote in council chambers came week after a public hearing at Brennan Park Recreation Centre that saw at least 200 attendees, the majority voicing their opposition to the floatel, and the project as a whole.
On May 9, during a media tour of the ship, WLNG president Christine Kennedy said that the company was continuing to work toward a way forward with the District, despite the council vote.
There is a clear local versus non-resident difference in the poll results.
The poll ran from 5/2/2024 to 5/15/2024. Of the 403 votes, we can determine that 146 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
Results are based on an online study of adult Squamish Chief readers that are located in Squamish. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.83%, 19 times out of 20.
The Squamish Chief uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
~With files from Andrew Hughes/The Squamish Chief
