BUCKSPORT — If all goes according to plan, there soon will be a new lobster-processing facility just east of the Penobscot River.
In July, the city council voted unanimously to dedicate a plot of land in its industrial park to Central Maine Cold Storage. The company expects to break ground on a seafood processing facility sometime in August, according to Tony Kelley, a cold storage expert who is helping with the facility's startup.
The facility will cook and freeze whole lobsters for large lobster pounds, using an innovative process that freezes the lobster quickly to maintain flavor and integrity. The initial plan is to construct a facility in the town's industrial park that will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 million. The business plans to begin processing in September and employ ten people. In addition to lobster, it will freeze scallops, shrimp and other seafood, said Central Maine Cold Storage owner Brian McCarthy.
"We're trying to provide whatever service these larger pounds might want," McCarthy said
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