Mount Pleasant OKs up to $350,000 for I‑30 Business Park road to aid local industry
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Summary
Council authorized up to $350,000 to build a city‑standard road in the I‑30 Business Park to improve truck access for a major local dealer and open about 25 acres for development; BG&E provided the cost estimate and the road will be private until the city elects to accept it.
The Mount Pleasant City Council on Jan. 7 approved up to $350,000 to construct a road in the I‑30 Business Park intended to improve truck access for an expanding local business and to enable future commercial development on roughly 25 acres.
Kevin Carter, director of the Mount Pleasant Economic Development Corporation, said the road would provide better truck delivery and turnaround capacity for a facility operated by LTS, described as a large Toyota forklift dealer with plans to expand. Carter told the council that BG&E prepared the cost study and that the EDC board had approved the request on Nov. 13.
Carter said the road will be built to city street standards so the city could accept it as a public road in the future, but it will be private initially. A council member asked whether 18‑wheelers could turn around on the new road; Carter said the design would permit that function.
A motion to fund up to $350,000 for the I‑30 Business Park road was made and seconded; council members voted 'Aye' and the presiding officer declared the motion passed unanimously.
