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Organizers urge pause on Lacey Lakeview Data District project over scale and resource concerns
Summary
A public commenter at the Hewitt hearing urged residents to join a petition to pause the Lacey Lakeview Data District (L2D2), saying the project includes large on-site generation and water treatment capacity and asking for further investigation of long-term impacts.
A speaker representing a community group urged Hewitt residents to consider a petition and public outreach to pause the Lacey Lakeview Data District (L2D2) project until its long-term impacts can be investigated.
The commenter described the project s proposing large industrial-scale utilities, saying it includes "1.2 gigawatt on-site gas fired generation, 1 gigawatt cooling capacity, and 15 to 16,000,000 gallons of water treatment and reuse per day," and said the project would operate under a special-utility business model for a term of 50 years. The speaker identified a website and a Facebook group for people seeking more information and urged participants to join efforts to ensure transparency and further study.
Why it matters: The scale of energy generation, cooling and water reuse described by the commenter raises long-term infrastructure and environmental questions for nearby communities, according to the speaker. The transcript records the public comment but does not include responses from council members or staff in the provided excerpt.
The group identified itself as nonpartisan and said it seeks verifiable, fact-based information and community engagement rather than partisan opposition. The speaker encouraged residents to visit the web page and join a petition to pause the project while further study is completed.
Next steps: The transcript records the comment and the request for public engagement; no staff response or formal action on the project was recorded in the excerpt.
