The Newberry City Commission approved site plans for two concrete batch plants during a regular meeting on Monday, before confirming Planning and Zoning Board appointments and moving forward with a $125,000 purchase of property downtown to build a parking lot.
The vote in favor of the Norfleet Batch Plant was unanimous. According to meeting backup documents, the 54-acre site will operate at 2802 NW State Road 45 north of the Easton Newberry Archery Center. The facility will primarily serve Norfleet Construction projects but will offer ready-mix concrete for the community.
Plans account for a 5,000-square-foot ancillary office, concrete batch plant, truck circulation and loading areas, utilities and storm water management. Trucks are expected to average 14 daily trips off-site and six internal ones to NC Ranch.
Assistant City Manager Dallas Lee said the purchase compounds the Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) $110,000 purchase last year for land off Seaboard Drive known as the Estes Property.
He said the city now wants to coordinate with the CRA to purchase the Post property and give the Estes Property to Mr. Post.