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Pitt County approves 83-acre sand mine rezoning after debate over groundwater and cemetery access
Summary
The board approved Bobby Tripp’s request to rezone 83.29 acres near Ramshorn Road for a sand mine with conditions after hearing a consultant report saying the operation would not adversely affect groundwater; nearby residents raised concerns about notification, dust, and cemetery access.
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a conditional rezoning that will allow an 83.29-acre sand-mining operation on land owned by D and J Baker Holdings LLC, the board heard on April 2026.
The applicant, Bobby Tripp, told commissioners he plans to excavate a 25.4-acre pit initially and later market surrounding acreage for 10-acre residential lots after reclamation. Tripp said the mine would be operated under state mining permits and that access arrangements are under negotiation to avoid routing heavy traffic onto Grama Horn Road.
Residents and nearby landowners urged caution. Lisa Adams Lucas, speaking for the Ward family, said she was not invited to a prior on-site meeting and raised concerns about chemicals, public-health effects and the impact on longtime farming operations. Scott Avery, a nearby resident, warned that many homes in the corridor depend on private wells and asked the board to…
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