Proposed truck stop jumps first hurdle

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The proposed truck stop on Nash Road recently advanced a step, receiving a conditional recommendation for approval from the Jefferson County Planning Commission. Among the several conditions that the planners recommend, the applicant must do a parking study, as the one submitted was inadequate; install a wooden fence on the property’s western boundary to shield the facility from the view of residential neighbors; and enter an agreement with the county where the business will upgrade a small portion of Nash Road and maintain it in perpetuity. The planners also strongly suggested – and the applicant’s representative expressed his client’s likely