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Calcasieu planning board approves rezoning for rail-served aggregate yard after resident objections
Summary
The Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board voted 7–in favor to rezone a 166-acre tract on Houston River Road from agricultural to heavy industrial to allow a rail-served bulk materials yard, after applicant said the site would accept unit trains and residents raised noise, dust and traffic concerns. The rezoning moves to the Police Jury Oct. 23 for final action.
The Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board voted to rezone a 166-acre tract at 3979 Houston River Road from Agricultural A‑1 to Heavy Industrial I‑2 on Oct. 21, 2025, clearing the way for a rail-served bulk materials storage and distribution yard intended to support local projects including the I‑10 bridge reconstruction. The motion passed after a roll-call vote and the board chair announced "7 in favor." The item will go to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury for final action on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.
Planning staff told the board the applicant, Sprint Real Partners LLC (RZ0925-0006), seeks the rezoning to permit storage and sales of bulk materials — sand, gravel, shale and lumber — and that staff recommended approval with conditions such as adherence to the site plan, an updated runoff management plan or waiver, an approval letter from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) for the existing driveway, and inward-directed exterior lighting.
Applicant spokesman Josh Noratsky said the facility is…
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