FB Star Reports: Blue Ridge Landfill & Brazoria County Opposition (Why No Fort Bend County Support?)

Brazoria County expands opposition to Blue Ridge Landfill expansion

By Cheryl Skinner
Last week neighboring Brazoria County gave authority to the Brazoria County District Attorney’s Office to participate in the county’s opposition to the proposed expansion of Blue Ridge Landfill, which is located in Fort Bend County. While Brazoria County and the city of Pearland have joined a number of individual residents who live in Fort Bend County in the battle, Fort Bend County officials and Missouri City officials have given the green light to the project.

The Facts newspaper, which covers Brazoria County news, featured a story revealing that Brazoria County Commissioners approved a resolution allowing the DA’s office to get involved last week.

Blue Ridge Landfill is located at 2200 F.M. 521, about a mile north of Fresno in Fort Bend County. Because of the landfills near proximity to Pearland and Brazoria County, those two entities have expressed concerns about traffic problems, water contamination and air quality being affected by a burgeoning landfill. . . .

Fort Bend County and Missouri City entered into an agreement with the landfill’s owners prior to the request for expansion, which included a stipulation that they would not officially oppose future expansion plans. The two entities also began receiving a “tipping fee” from the landfill’s operation. While local officials contend this money has allowed them to help the economically depressed Fresno area, opponents maintain the payment is nothing more than a million dollar payoff. . .

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Comment: Still no support from our own elected officials here in Missouri City and our Fort Bend County Commissioners.



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