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Commission approves Rogers Group subdivision amid community concerns over drainage and dust
Summary
The Mobile Planning Commission approved Rogers Group’s consolidation of parcels at 1930 Bay Bridge Road with a condition requiring a drainage easement acceptable to the applicant and the city engineer after residents raised repeated concerns about chronic flooding, dust and property damage.
The Mobile Planning Commission on July 16 approved a holdover subdivision application for the Rogers Group at 1930 Bay Bridge Road and 124 Industrial Canal Road East, but added a specific condition requiring the dedication of a drainage easement "satisfactory to the applicant and the city engineer." The approval follows extended public comment raising concerns about historical drainage problems and dust from aggregate operations.
Jared White, speaking for the Rogers Group, said the company had purchased the site and planned to continue an aggregate storage and handling use similar to what Vulcan Materials had done historically. White described site improvements the company has already installed: a new bulkhead on 3 Mile Creek, a conveyor system to reduce truck dumping noise and movement, and a dewatering system to suppress dust. He said the consolidation into a single lot would bring the property under modern overlay standards, including a 30-foot buffer along the north side adjacent to Chin Street.
Several nearby residents described recurring flooding, standing water that damaged property and a history of dust on cars. Daphne Fryson said she sees dust constantly on nearby vehicles and worried about drainage and wildlife risks; Kermit McAlpine told commissioners his home was lost to flooding years earlier and asked for a definitive, written assignment of responsibility for drainage. Ramsey Sprague and other neighbors urged the commission to require a city easement so the city can maintain the corridor and pursue funding for longer-term infrastructure improvements.
Commissioners and staff discussed the location and scope of a drainage easement. A staff representative recommended that the applicant and the city engineer work together to delineate the easement, noting the site’s historic access by a deeded right-of-way and evidence of wetlands and a influenced creek along the property’s northwest quadrant. During deliberation a motion added the drainage-easement condition and approved the subdivision subject to staff recommendations. The motion passed by voice vote.
