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Planning commission backs site for new parish trash transfer facility using CDBG-DR funds
Summary
Terrebonne Parish planning commissioners recommended approval of lot divisions to host a new trash transfer facility funded through $17.66 million in CDBG-DR disaster-recovery aid; staff said the facility will be an enclosed transfer building serving Pelican Waste and will undergo state environmental and drainage review.
The Terrebonne Parish Regional Planning Commission recommended approval of a lot-division and site configuration intended to host a new parish trash transfer facility, a project staff said would be paid and developed in part with Community Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds.
Administration told the commission that, following Hurricane Ida, Terrebonne Parish was allocated about $17.66 million in CDBG-DR funds through the Louisiana Office of Community Development and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The parish submitted the trash-transfer facility as a DR project to replace an existing facility near the Ashlin landfill that lies in a flood zone. Under the proposal, the parish would purchase portions of the tract (labeled B1 and B2 in the staff presentation) and create additional commercial lots, while retaining a wooded tract as raw land.
Staff described how the facility would operate: Pelican Waste garbage trucks would drive into an enclosed building on the new site, where material would be transferred into larger trucks for offloading at River Birch; the Ashlin landfill would remain in service for material that must go to landfill. Trucks serving residential drop-off would use a frontage road and enter from the east side of the Shrevever overpass, while haulers would use Old Shrevever Highway for heavy vehicle access.
A resident who identified herself as Connieberg asked whether the parish would have to pay mitigation for swamp or wetland areas and whether runoff could enter a nearby lake. Staff said the proposed acquisition intentionally excluded the wetland area between the proposed parcel line and the bayou so the parish acquisition would not trigger mitigation requirements for that excluded tract. Staff added that drainage plans and calculations will be submitted to the parish and to state regulators for review, and that the facility design must contain and manage material on site.
Staff recommended approval subject to conditions: submission of all required utility letters, depiction of assigned addresses on the final plat, and completion of drainage plans and calculations as part of the CDBG-DR project review. After public comment and discussion, commissioners moved and approved the staff recommendation (motion recorded by commissioners; mover: Mr. Barry Sudier; seconder: Mr. Robbie Liner). The vote to approve was recorded during the meeting without an extended roll-call tally in the public transcript.
Next steps: the project will proceed through the CDBG-DR project process with required state and parish reviews, utility clearances and final platting before construction can begin.
