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Residents press council over SK Hynix rezoning, safety and transparency; demand evacuation plans and chemical disclosures
Summary
A string of public commenters urged West Lafayette officials to reconsider or more tightly regulate industrial zoning near neighborhoods and public facilities tied to the SK Hynix and related projects, raising safety, evacuation and chemical-disclosure concerns and calling for more transparency from Purdue Research Foundation and project partners.
Dozens of residents and community representatives used the Nov. 3 public-comment period to press the council for more transparency and for reconsideration of industrial zoning tied to the SK Hynix advanced-packaging project and related developments.
Multiple speakers—including Deborah Ellis, Barb Tormelon, Ellen Krasovsky, Dan Skinner, Jan Scarcelli and others—warned that I-3 heavy-industry zoning permits hazardous operations by-right and argued that placing such uses near homes, a proposed daycare, a proposed hospital site, and Fire Station 3 creates unacceptable safety risks.…
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