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Residents raise wetlands, worker counts and rezoning concerns during public comment on Amazon/AWS and industrial growth
Summary
Two members of the public criticized ongoing industrial expansion around New Carlisle and Olive Township, citing large worker counts, rezoning of farmland to industrial, dewatering and wetlands impacts tied to Amazon/AWS construction and called on county bodies to better manage growth and environmental impacts.
During public comment at the July 8 meeting, two residents urged the commission to consider broader community and environmental impacts of large industrial and data center developments in the New Carlisle/Olive Township area.
Dan Caruso (New Carlisle) said he had heard estimates of up to 4,000 people working daily in the IEC construction…
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