construction of packaging plant moves forward despite lawsuits

enlarge photojim siplon, former managing director of pacific operations at fiji water, is the chief operating officer of just beverages, a water packaging company in glens falls, new yorkjim siplon, chief operating officer of just beverages, said two lawsuits filed against the company will not get in the way of plans to build a 14,500squarefoot water packaging plant in glens falls, new york.the startup is constructing its first packaging plant in the former st. alphonsus roman catholic church in the city&39s downtown.&quotwe will continue renovation work inside the church,&quot siplon said.thomas o&39neill, a glens falls real estate developer who owns property near the site and along the city&39s truck route, filed two lawsuits against the company citing traffic and environmental concerns.&quotthis kind of issue happens,&quot siplon said. &quotwe are confident that the process we went through with the city was proper and thorough.&quoto&39neill, a member of the city&39s business improvement district, said he is concerned about the truck traffic that just beverages will need to support its operations and the impact that traffic will have on the roads.&quotit is a manufacturing plant in the city. traffic becomes part of the manufacturing. it does not belong in the city,&quot o&39neill said.&quotjust estimates two to three inbound truck trips daily from the glens falls watershed property to the broad street facility initially, increasing to as many as 16 over the course of several years, depending on the growth of the business,&quot said mark behan, a spokesman for the company and president of behan communications inc., a marketing firm with offices in glens falls and albany, new york.&quotin terms of outbound truck trips carrying packaged water to market, just estimates one tractor trailer daily initially, increasing to as many as eight over the course of several years, again, depending on the growth of the business,&quot behan added.&nbsp

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construction of packaging plant moves forward despite lawsuits