Tippecanoe County drainage board approves mass grading at Neuron semiconductor site, clears multiple drain petitions

The Tippecanoe County Drainage Board on Aug. 20 approved mass grading construction for the Neuron semiconductor site and granted a series of petitions to encroach on or vacate county-regulated drains, including a MetroNet fiber-optic crossing and four petitions tied to the Schroeder development.

Patrick Stanton, an engineer with Foresight Group, told the board the Neuron project covers about “a 130, 133 acres between Yeager, Colbert, and Salisbury” and that the applicant — identified in the meeting as SKEP and SK Hynix — submitted a phased package called the mass grading (mask grading) plans so construction can begin while full site documents are completed. “All we're requesting is the ability to get on-site and start doing some grading work,” Stanton said. He described a plan for three stormwater management facilities, one for each of the site’s three drainage basins, and said one…