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Resident warns Korean zinc plant could overwhelm Clarksville roads; urges federal, state action
Summary
A Montgomery County resident urged immediate county action and federal investment to rebuild the 41 Bypass and other roads to accommodate truck traffic from a proposed Korean zinc plant, warning it would create about 300 jobs but 'cost this county millions.'
Lenore Erickson, a resident of 1719 Cabana Drive, told the Montgomery County Commission on Jan. 5 that a proposed Korean zinc plant near Clarksville could overburden local roads and asked county leaders to press federal and state officials for infrastructure funding.
Erickson said the new plant would "create 300 new jobs" and "absorb the old NYSTAR plant and its employees," but added, "it will cost this county millions of dollars" because local highways cannot safely…
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