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Residents urge Peoria to relocate Amcor packaging proposal, cite size, water and safety concerns
Summary
Multiple residents told the council they were blindsided by a proposed large Amcor industrial facility near Vistancia and Trilogy, raising worries about building size, water use, chemical discharges, traffic and notification; comments were received during the meeting’s public-comment period.
Peoria — Several residents at Tuesday’s City Council meeting urged officials to move a proposed Amcor packaging facility away from neighborhoods near Vistancia, Trilogy and Blackstone, citing concerns about the project’s enlarged scale, water consumption, chemical handling and traffic impacts.
Norman Reed said residents were told at an earlier meeting the building would be a single-story facility not to exceed 54 feet and would employ about 2,000 people after a multi-phase build-out. Reed said the proposal has changed and now calls for a facility he characterized as more than 2 million square feet and the height equivalent of a 10-story…
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