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La Porte residents urge council to protect Lomax large‑lot homes from proposed Union Pacific industrial park
Summary
Residents and a neighborhood coalition told the La Porte City Council they oppose a reported Union Pacific/Trammell Crow plan to rezone roughly 269 acres in Lomax for rail‑served warehouses and light industrial uses, citing noise, truck traffic, air quality, flood risk and habitat loss.
Cliff Wilson and a group of Lomax residents told the La Porte City Council they want the city to keep large‑lot residential zoning in place and resist any rezoning that would allow Union Pacific to develop a 269‑acre site in northwest Lomax into rail‑served light industrial space.
Wilson said recent local reporting indicates the project could include four large warehouses totaling about 2,300,000 square feet and involve repackaging, refrigeration and manufacturing tenants. He warned that repackaging operations can use high‑capacity blowers, that refrigeration facilities…
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