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Calcasieu planning board approves rezoning for Houston River Road rail-served aggregate yard after resident concerns
Summary
The Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board voted to recommend rezoning a 166-acre tract at 3979 Houston River Road to heavy industrial (I-2) to permit rail-served bulk material storage. Applicant pledged dust controls and a 50-foot undisturbed buffer; nearby residents urged traffic studies and stronger stipulations.
The Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board voted Oct. 21 to recommend rezoning a 166‑acre tract at 3979 Houston River Road from Agricultural A‑1 to Heavy Industrial I‑2 to allow rail‑served bulk materials storage and sales.
Josh Noratsky, the applicant representing Sprint Real Partners LLC, told the board the site is designed to accept unit trains carrying aggregates needed for local infrastructure projects including the I‑10 bridge. He said the facility would reduce truck miles by allowing material to be delivered closer to project sites and described planned controls: “we’ll have a water truck on‑site…we have a large detention pond…we also have a 50 foot buffer,”…
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