BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 29, 2021
Supporters of the proposed $500 million Nordic Aquafarms Inc commercial development in Belfast are cheering the recent approvals of multiple permits by both the citizen board of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Belfast Planning Board, while opponents of the project have already announced their intentions to appeal these permits. The right to contest and oppose is critical to our American system of democracy and justice. However, when the matter is heard, appeals are decided and the decision is made through the exhaustive methods described by our laws, then there must also be, for the sake of justice, an endpoint. Without some assurance of finality, all businesses need to be concerned about their viability in Maine. Nordic should be allowed to move forward. ~ Steve Ryan, Belfast Area Chamber of Commerce