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After heated hearing, board approves Arco/AMPM at Ponderosa interchange with condition to delay ground disturbance until CIP work proceeds
Summary
Following hours of testimony from neighbors, the applicant and county staff, the Board of Supervisors approved the Duroc Road AMPM conditional use permit but required that construction not commence until the county's US-50 Ponderosa Road interchange CIP begins or June 1, 2028 (whichever occurs first), directing coordination between applicant and DOT.
The Board of Supervisors heard a multi-hour appeal Feb. 3 of a Planning Commission approval for an Arco/AMPM facility at Duroc Road and South Shingle Road, near the Ponderosa Road interchange. The proposal includes a convenience store, vehicle fuel sales and a car wash; the car wash triggered a conditional-use permit because of local zoning.
The Shingle Springs Community Alliance contended the project would worsen an already-congested and high-collision area near the Ponderosa interchange, cited collision clustering and urged denial or postponement until the county's capital improvement project (CIP) to realign Duroc Road and add roundabouts is…
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