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could potentially mean to our respective
areas,” Phibbs said.
Luckily for companies like Circle P Paving,
the government is considering pumping
out capital at a faster rate than initially pro-
posed.
SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF
THE FORT ERIE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
In addition to his managing role at Circle P
Paving, Phibbs serves as the president of
the Fort Erie Chamber of Commerce. Be-
fore the end of his tenure, he plans to insti-
gate projects that will ensure the growth
of the Niagara region. One such endeavour
is the Canadian Motor Speedway, a proj-
ect that has been fairly stagnant since its
inception in 2007. Phibbs, a strong propo-
nent of the speedway, described its con-
struction as “an unprecedented opportu-
nity”, equivalent to bringing the illustrious
NASCAR to Canada.
“I think this is something that is direly
needed here, not only for Fort Erie but all
of Niagara,” Phibbs said.
The project is a complicated one with in-
volvement from various players, including
many layers of government, numerous ap-
proval processes and differing viewpoints.
“It’s like going to Toronto in rush hour. You
get different surges where the traffic’s
moving and things are flowing and you’re
thinking that you’re going to be going unin-
terrupted when all of a sudden, the brakes
go on ahead of you and you stop,” Phibbs
said, using this analogy to describe the
progress of the speedway.
Additionally, not everyone in town is hap-
py with such opulent construction and the
