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Council adds property to High Hill Commerce Park, approves Duke Energy easement for battery‑plant lift station
Summary
Council approved amending a multi‑county industrial park agreement to create 'High Hill Commerce Park' (adding Enterprise Drive LLC property) and authorized an easement to Duke Energy to install a transformer and facilities to serve a new battery plant, describing easement dimensions and conditions.
The council adopted an amendment to the Marion‑Florence (and Williamsburg) industrial‑park agreement to name the area High Hill Commerce Park and to include additional Florence County parcels, including property being improved by Enterprise Drive LLC and other participating owners. Administrator Yoakam said the park will include Otis Elevator and other industrial uses; the ordinance was adopted on voice vote.
Later in the meeting Yoakam asked council to authorize the county administrator to execute an easement to Duke Energy Progress LLC for overhead and underground electrical facilities and a pad‑mount transformer to service a new wastewater lift station tied to a planned battery plant. Yoakam described the easement footprint (30‑foot strip for overhead, 20‑foot for underground, and a 10‑foot allowance around equipment) and said Duke would restore any construction damage. “This lift station that the transformer will serve will serve the new battery plant,” he told council.
Why it matters: adding property to a multi‑county industrial park and approving utility easements are concrete steps in supporting industrial investment and infrastructure for a battery‑plant project; they affect property and infrastructure commitments and may enable private development to proceed.
