Ammonia Plant public hearing canceled due to overwhelming crowd [Video]

ST. ROSE (WGNO) — It was like a tin of sardines in the meeting room at the St. Rose Library.

The hearing was to allow residents to share their concerns about a proposed ammonia plant that many residents say will threaten their neighborhood. The room has space for 50 or 60 people, and nearly 200 showed up.

“Many of our residents showed that they are opposed and in opposition to this ammonia plant. This St. Charles clean fuels ammonia plant coming to our neighborhood,” Refined Community Empowerment Inc. Executive Director Kimbrelle Eugene Kyereh said.

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Due to the overwhelming crowd, the fire department was called, and the meeting was shut down just about 30 minutes in.

“What I am proud of today is that so many people came out here and rallied. It was such an amazing thing to see,” St. Rose resident …