Planning Commission approves temporary Consumers Energy aggregate site with dust‑control conditions

Consumers Energy representatives told the commission they need a temporary aggregates staging site at 24300 Drake Road to support a large gas main replacement project spanning 12 Mile to 13 Mile and other nearby work.

Amy Gulpin, a Consumers Energy representative, said the site would be used for aggregate material and a backhoe, not for permanent equipment or employee parking. Joe Taylor, Consumers Energy gas construction supervisor, told the commission the staging yard would serve crews working in Farmington Hills and reduce round trips from a distant staging yard. Taylor estimated about 10 loads per day and said access would be from an existing bridal driveway; he told the commission the site would be staffed variably and that trucks would come, load and leave.

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