Waste station proposal runs into more opposition

More opposition has surfaced to a proposed waste transfer station in Norcross.

The Gwinnett Village Community Improvement District and members of a large Vietnamese Catholic church near the proposed site on Shackleford Road say the idea is a bad one.

The CID, a self-taxing business group dedicated to revitalizing the area, released a letter Monday night that raised numerous objections to the request to rezone the 9-acre site to a more intensive industrial categery and issue a special use permit allowing for the site to be used to transfer garbage from smaller trucks that service homes and businesses to larger, dump-bound semis.

The business group — which has argued against at least two other proposed waste transfer stations in the area — argues that would make it harder to redevelop the area in an attractive fashion and that the project doesn’t appear to be a good match under the county’s still-pending 2030 land use plan.

The church, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Mission, argues the facility would be unhealthy for some 800 children who attend church school on weekends, according to member Son Nguyen. The church has about 1,000 member families, he said.

The transfer station is one of two up for consideration in Gwinnett County. The other is located in Dacula.

The Planning Commission is scheduled to consider the rezoning request on Dec. 3. The county’s planning staff has recommended that the request be denied.