Community Meeting for Wheatley Investigation

Following the discovery of a potential petroleum well found in downtown Wheatley, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent is hosting a community open house for Wheatley residents tomorrow September 24^th from 2pm-3pm at the Wheatley Village Resource Centre.

Municipal representatives and consultants will be on hand to explain technical details and answer any questions. Materials will be posted on the Let’s Talk Chatham-Kent Wheatley Emergency Webpage for those who cannot attend, located at www.letstalkchatham-kent.ca/wheatley-updates.

Part of the conversation will be around the operational plan instigated by the investigation project team that will involve bringing the contracted drilling rig to the site to further investigate the potential petroleum well found. The mobilization of the rig will bring much more activity to the site including noise and light, once drilling operations begin, they will operate 24 hours per day 7 days per week as communicated during the last public meeting.