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Commission approves 10-year gravel-extraction permit for Big Dipper Construction on Fairview Loop
Summary
The Planning Commission approved a conditional-use permit allowing Big Dipper Construction to extract roughly one million cubic yards of gravel from two adjacent parcels on East Fairview Loop, with conditions restricting truck routes and requiring mitigation of dust, noise and screening.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Planning Commission on March 17 approved a conditional-use permit authorizing earth-material extraction on two adjacent parcels near East Fairview Loop and East Brenda Avenue for a multi-phase gravel operation proposed by Big Dipper Construction.
Staff and the applicant said the operation would be phased, use existing topography and vegetative buffers to reduce visual and noise impacts, restrict hours of operation and rely primarily on East Fairview Loop for haul access; staff included a condition prohibiting use of specified residential streets for transporting extracted material.
Why it matters: Borough code requires review when material-extraction volumes, access and potential neighborhood impacts pose traffic, noise and environmental concerns; commissioners approved the permit with route and operational restrictions intended to limit impacts on nearby residential streets.
Rick Benedict, current planner with the…
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