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Project manager presents plan for 20‑million‑pound potato storage near Linton; board and neighbors press on traffic, lighting and airport safety
Summary
Troy Hansen, the project manager for a proposed Cavendish Farm potato storage site, outlined a 22‑acre, 20‑million‑pound environmentally controlled facility with a one‑mile access road and Sept. 1, 2026 target. Board members and neighbors raised questions about haul routes, lighting near an airport protective area, water/waste handling and a proposed $10,000 per‑year road maintenance contribution; no final county‑commission action is recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Troy Hansen, the project manager for the proposed Cavendish Farm storage site, told the Emmons County board the project would include environmentally controlled storage with total capacity of about 20,000,000 pounds on a 22‑acre site three miles south and three miles west of Linton. Hansen said the plan includes two large bins per building, a permanent truck scale, a containerized scale house and construction of one mile of gravel access roadway; the team set a target to have the site operational by Sept. 1, 2026.
Hansen framed the project as a response to a local storage shortfall: “We have a shortfall on storage capacity,” he said, arguing that an on‑site facility would…
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