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Modern Dispersion South flags safety, nuisance concerns as new school plans proceed on Ed Ward Road
Summary
Marton Kozma, president of Modern Dispersion South Inc., told the Ben Hill County Commissioners that the company’s four‑phase expansion and a planned new school on Ed Ward Road could increase traffic and raise safety, chemical‑hazard and nuisance concerns; Kozma said his outreach to the School Board went unanswered.
Marton Kozma, president of Modern Dispersion South Inc., presented expansion plans to the Ben Hill County Commissioners at their Aug. 26, 2020 workshop and warned that the company’s growth and a proposed new school on Ed Ward Road would overlap in ways that could increase traffic and safety risks.
Kozma said MDI intends a four‑phase expansion and has purchased the former Delphi property across from its original site. He told the commissioners that combining expanded industrial traffic with student and staff travel on Ed Ward Road would create public‑safety risks, greater congestion and potential chemical‑hazard exposures, and that the expansion could bring odor and noise nuisances.
The presenter also said he had tried to communicate his concerns to the local School Board without success and that the school board appears to be continuing with plans to build the new school regardless of MDI’s expansion plans. The transcript records Kozma’s concerns and reports of unsuccessful outreach; it does not record a response from the School Board or a formal action by the commission at the workshop.
County commissioners did not record any vote or formal decision on the matter during the workshop. The issue was presented for the commissioners’ information; next steps, including whether the county will seek additional coordination between MDI and the school district or take formal action, were not specified in the transcript.
