Resident urges Loudon City to enforce erosion controls after repeated sediment flows onto Matlock Bend properties

Summary

A Loudon County resident told the city council that unpermitted land disturbance tied to a nearby development repeatedly sent 4–6 inches of red clay silt across his property and into the Tennessee River; he urged the city to require retention and engineering work while staff confirmed TDEC inspected and documented violations.

Chris Kirby, a 45-year resident and local construction business owner, told the Loudon City Council on Jan. 26 that repeated land-disturbing activity by a nearby development has sent sediment and silt onto his Matlock Bend Road property and into the Tennessee River, damaging a meter box, covering his barn floor in mud and threatening his property values.

Kirby told the council he had documented multiple events, including a July opening of an access drive and at least two major washouts in September. "They put 4 to 6 inches of red clay silt from the top of my property ... 750 feet to the Tennessee River, a 75 foot wide swath," he said, showing photographs and a state inspection report he said was prepared by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC).

Why it matters: Kirby said the work proceeded outside the limits of approved disturbance and that the city code and the state…

Resident urges Loudon City to enforce erosion controls after repeated sediment flows onto Matlock Bend properties

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