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Development authority’s request to rezone 100-acre parcel for industrial park tabled after neighborhood opposition
Summary
After residents raised concerns about noise, traffic, groundwater and buffers, the Walker County Board of Commissioners voted to table a Walker County Development Authority request to rezone about 100 acres for industrial use and will revisit it in June.
The Walker County Board of Commissioners voted to table for one month a rezoning request from the Walker County Development Authority that would convert roughly 100 acres from agricultural to industrial near the existing Walker County Business Park.
The applicant: Andy Arnold, mayor of Lafayette and chair of the Walker County Development Authority, and Stephanie Watkins, the authority’s executive director, told commissioners the authority purchased about 100 acres in October 2022 to expand the county’s industrial park and said the additional acreage is necessary to compete for projects that need readily available utilities, rail…
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