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Columbia County approves rezoning for quarry corridor, adds school‑hour truck restrictions after public outcry
Summary
After extended public comment about air quality, groundwater and school safety, the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 6 approved a rezoning tied to a proposed quarry by a 3–2 vote and added a condition banning left turns by quarry trucks onto Lewisville Road during school hours.
Columbia County commissioners voted 3–2 on Jan. 6 to approve a contested rezoning that clears the way for a privately funded rock quarry in a corridor residents say was promised as residential.
The motion, introduced by Commissioner Malir, included multiple conditions — traffic improvements, paving specifications, platting requirements and environmental controls — and was amended during the meeting to add a restriction that “no truck traffic shall turn left onto Lewisville Road on school days before 9:00 a.m. or between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.” The amended motion passed on a recorded tally of 3–2; the audio-recorded transcript notes the count but does not show a roll-call list of how each commissioner voted.
The rezoning touched off more than an hour of public comment. Resident Gregory Guido told commissioners the quarry and a nearby data center “function as one industrial system” and said treating them separately hides cumulative impacts, including blasting, truck…
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