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Commission seeks detailed truck counts and alternative access after safety concerns around entrance curve
Summary
Commissioners and residents asked CG3 for vehicle-type and truck-count data and urged the company to study relocating the site entrance north or adding a frontage road to reduce safety risks at a blind curve; the applicant estimates about 20 haul trucks per day and will provide detailed numbers.
Traffic and site access dominated a large portion of the discussion as residents and commissioners raised safety concerns about the proposed entrance near a blind curve. Commissioners requested a vehicle‑type breakdown, peak daily truck counts and engineering evidence that the acceleration/deceleration lanes will mitigate conflict at the site entrance.
Greg Hunt estimated operations could move roughly 500,000 tons a year and "maybe 20 trucks a day," primarily double‑trailers hauling coal. Multiple commissioners said that placing the entrance at the current curve would create an unacceptable risk during high‑traffic weekends and suggested moving the entrance north or building a frontage road if feasible. The applicant agreed to work with engineers to test those alternatives and to provide a truck‑count PDF and route analysis to the commission by email before the next meeting.
