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North Bend City Council last week dismissed an appeal of approval given to a proposed 2,100-unit workforce housing camp for construction workers during the Jordan Cove Energy Project.

The appeal was made to the city’s planning commission by residents of the Simpson Heights neighborhood, which is adjacent to the proposed camp site. Construction is contingent upon federal approval of the liquefied natural gas project, North Bend city planner David Voss said.

“They didn’t speak on the record,” he said of the appellants. “They came in after the record had been closed for the conditional use permit.”

The workforce camp would be up and running for approximately four years while workers build the liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay. The terminal is part of a $7.5 billion project that also includes a power plant and a 232-mile pipeline.

Camp amenities would include a recreation area, a laundry facility, Internet and cable TV, Voss said. Each two studio units would share a bathroom.

Workers would be bused to the job site, he said.

“It’s kind of a win-win for us and the rest of the bay area to have them only traveling from the southern end of the McCullough Bridge to the North Point rather than coming all through towns,” he said. “Also, they’re not going to have a tremendous impact on our housing inventory.”

Eureka, Calif.-based SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists Inc. is the project applicant.