Surry OKs Fibrowatt's request for rezoning
Concerns voiced about waste-burning plant
DOBSON (Winston-Salem Journal) - Despite pleas from residents concerned about air quality and traffic, Surry County officials voted last night to rezone 117 acres near Elkin along the Yadkin River intended for a Fibrowatt LLC plant that would burn chicken litter to make electricity.
The decision came after a public hearing that lasted more than an hour inside the Surry County Government Center. More than 100 people squeezed inside the board of commissioners' meeting room. The crowd spilled out into the hallways.
Residents said they worry about emissions from the proposed incinerator, storm-water runoff and how a smokestack would look on the river. They also pointed to a budding wine industry and tourism, and asked whether the plant would be a good fit with the surrounding agricultural area.
But Surry County commissioners said that they want to bring jobs to the area and that as they recruit industry, there has to be a place for it.
DOBSON (Winston-Salem Journal) - Despite pleas from residents concerned about air quality and traffic, Surry County officials voted last night to rezone 117 acres near Elkin along the Yadkin River intended for a Fibrowatt LLC plant that would burn chicken litter to make electricity.
The decision came after a public hearing that lasted more than an hour inside the Surry County Government Center. More than 100 people squeezed inside the board of commissioners' meeting room. The crowd spilled out into the hallways.
Residents said they worry about emissions from the proposed incinerator, storm-water runoff and how a smokestack would look on the river. They also pointed to a budding wine industry and tourism, and asked whether the plant would be a good fit with the surrounding agricultural area.
But Surry County commissioners said that they want to bring jobs to the area and that as they recruit industry, there has to be a place for it.
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