Cedar City Council advances review of proposed Suncor concrete batch plant after noise study and water questions

The Cedar City Council voted to place for action next week a conditional-use permit request from Suncor (presented by Clyde Companies) for a 100-foot‑plus concrete batch plant on land near Highway 56 and 800/600 North, after staff described mitigation conditions and an independent noise study largely cleared the project to meet common local standards.

City planner Don (staff) told the council the CUP process exists to allow potentially impactful uses in appropriate zones if conditions reduce harms. Staff identified the primary concerns as vehicle routing, fugitive dust and air-quality controls, noise, water protection for nearby well zones, lighting/photometrics and visual buffering; staff also recommended limits on silo signage and a site‑obscuring fence.

Greg Flint, a Clyde Companies real estate manager representing Suncor, said the plant would be a wet‑batch facility with enclosed silos and a closed system for cement and fly ash, and that aggregates would be washed before delivery. He said traffic would be routed east to Lund Highway to avoid…