Lee County Commission Rezones Tract for New Concrete Plant
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Lee County Commissioners voted 3-2 during a called meeting Monday afternoon to rezone five acres of land on Mossy Dell Road, which may lead to the construction of a new concrete plant.
Chairman Rick Muggridge cast the deciding vote to approve the rezoning (from agricultural use to industrial) and sale of the property to Bryan Bridges of Lee RediMix. Commissioners Ed Duffy and Luke Singletary supported the rezoning, while Vice Chairman Dennis Roland and Greg Frich were against the rezoning and sale of the land.
Frich said he continues to oppose the issue based on his belief that land taken from private property owners under eminent domain should not later be sold for commercial purposes. Instead, he said, it should have been offered back to the property owner from whom the land was taken.
“I cannot convince myself that selling to a private entity is in the best public use of that land,” Frich said.
