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New Frontier tells St. Charles County it is not seeking night truck operations as council presses safeguards for proposed underground limestone expansion
Summary
At a Jan. 12 hearing on Bill 5457, New Frontier representatives said they are not requesting night truck operations for an underground limestone expansion; councilmembers pressed the company and staff on truck loading hours, blast monitoring and setbacks as MoDOT projects may increase nighttime demand for rock.
Council members spent a substantial portion of their Jan. 12 meeting questioning a proposed amendment to an existing conditional‑use permit that would authorize an expansion of New Frontier’s underground limestone operations.
Robert Myers, director of the Planning & Zoning Division, told the council the quarry has been active on the property since 1954 and in underground form since 2005. The proposed amendment would relocate underground extraction closer to the southwest corner of the site; the Planning and Zoning Commission’s materials and the draft ordinance document existing permit conditions and…
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