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Council approves first reading for Wing drone autoloader at Walmart parking lot
Summary
Hearst City Council approved first reading Aug. 12 for a site-plan revision allowing Wing to install an autoloader at the Walmart on Precinct Line Road, removing nine parking spaces and integrating drone loading into curbside operations.
The Hearst City Council voted Aug. 12 to approve on first reading a site-plan revision permitting Wing drone delivery operations to add an autoloader in the Super Walmart parking lot at 1732 Precinct Line Road.
Planning staff introduced the request as a site-plan revision to make an autoloader permanent after a one-year trial. "This is a site plan revision request, for Wing drone delivery that is, currently located in the parking lot, the Super Walmart at 1732 Precinct Line Road," the planner said during the hearing.
Deborah Meek, speaking for Walmart, told the council the retailer wants the operation to continue "indefinitely" and has a…
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