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Council approves Casa Estates rezoning after residents raise contamination and traffic concerns
Summary
After an extended public hearing and executive-session consultation, the Edinburg City Council approved rezoning for the Casa Estates subdivision (item 9b). Neighbors pressed the developer and staff for soil testing, road-widening timelines and fire protection; the developer said required improvements will be installed.
The Edinburg City Council approved rezoning for the Casa Estates subdivision (item 9b) after a lengthy public hearing that brought residents’ concerns about possible soil contamination on a former airstrip and local traffic and emergency-access problems to the fore.
Resident Emilio Ramos told the council he and neighbors worried that planes once refilled and spilled crop chemicals on the site and asked, “Has the developer performed any tests on the soils that concerned us last year?” (Emilio Ramos). Multiple neighbors said they wanted independent soil testing before new homes were allowed.
Developer representatives and the project engineer responded that…
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