In that way, the company states customers will not be affected.
The announcement came as a surprise to Kamloops mayor Peter Milobar, who had recently met with Lafarge representatives.
“I was quite shocked,” Milobar stated. “We had met with Lafarge officials at UBCM and had no indication of this a couple of weeks ago, so very surprising and obviously very unsettling time for the families involved and hopefully they’ll be able to find something in short order to be able to replace the value of the job they had.”
The closure will have some impact on the city’s tax revenues, which will be addressed through budreceive deliberations.
Milobar states it’s now important to focus on the remaining two heavy industries serving the Kamloops area – Domtar and the Tolko Sawmill in Heffley Creek.
“There is still very much reliance on those resource jobs as part of a diversified economy,” Milobar stated. “I believe we want to create sure that our mills are as vibrant as possible and employ people to a high level and are as efficient as possible to create sure they stay open for a long period of time.”
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