Credit: Mountain States Contracting/Union Pacific Railroad/Yuma County
By Roland Murphy | AZBEX
Two recent approvals from the Yuma County Board of Supervisors will allow development of a new inland port project north of Interstate 8 between avenues 32E and 33E along the Union Pacific Railroad line near Wellton.
The first request, submitted by Boyce Land Co., Inc. requested a change in land use designation for two parcels totaling 126.73 acres from Agricultural/Rural Preservation to Industrial. The second request, submitted by Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC, sought a land use designation change for 208.27 acres from Agricultural/Rural Preservation and Business Park to Industrial.
A third request that would have changed the designation of 30.61 acres abutting the rail line west of Avenue 36E From Rural Area to Heavy Industrial “to establish a regional transportation hub truck-rail consisting of truck parking, gas/diesel islands, sleeping areas, healthy and local restaurant options, fitness recreation center, mechanical shop for trucking repair, rail accessibility for bulk commodities as a Union Pacific rail served facility,” was denied due to the site’s proximity to and incompatibility with existing residential areas to the southwest, south and southeast, according to the staff recommendation.
