St. John Parish Council Votes No To Borrow Pit
When a landowner of a 700 acre tract of land in LaPlace sought to have an ordinance passed to change the zoning on 162 acres of said tract to allow for a borrow pit to be operated on the property, the St. John Parish Council voted 6-3 to deny the request. As you may know, St. James Parish residents who reside in the Hester community and the St. James Parish Council are dealing with a very similar situation as St. James Construction Materials (SJCM) is seeking to dig and sell clay on roughly 400 acres of land known as the Big Shake Pit.