U.S. Longview City Council sells city lands for $1.78 bln

U.S Longview City Council has sold city lands to the backers of a proposed fertilizer plant at Longview’s Mint Farm Industrial Park for $1.78 bln.

The $1 billion project would generate up to 100 permanent jobs and convert natural gas into anhydrous ammonia, a liquid commercial fertilizer.

Separately, Pacific Coast Fertilizer will be buying 36 acres of private land from PNW Recycling, a current Mint Farm tenant that will move to another location. City Council said the taxpayers and the residents made an investment in the Mint Farm Heavy Industrial Park and it’s an investment that’s long overdue for a return.

The company also said that building the plant would cost between $800 million to $1 billion, and would generate about 1,000 construction jobs. At full build-out in 2021, the plant would employ between 80 to 100 workers.