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Board discusses state‑land purchases for a materials pit, landfill expansion, Ward Canyon roadwork and housing study
Summary
Staff briefed supervisors on multiple state‑land opportunities—an aggregate materials pit for road materials, acreage adjacent to the county landfill, a Ward Canyon corridor for a potential road realignment and a large parcel under study for housing — and asked whether to pursue applications and targeted surveys.
Greenlee County staff sought board guidance Monday on several state land acquisition opportunities that could affect county operations and long‑term development: a materials pit near Loma Linda, expansion parcels for the county landfill, property for a Ward Canyon road realignment and a larger parcel county staff has flagged for a preliminary water/housing study.
County Engineer Reed Larson described the first parcel — roughly 40 acres of state land previously used as a gravel/materials pit. The county has used a BLM pit (Niagara/Nigro Canyon) as its primary materials source but staff said permitting for that site is arduous and subject to federal rules. Reed said acquiring the state parcel could provide a…
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