In a nutshell, here's Move the Gas Plant's reaction to Lee County's new resolution :
“The resolution passed by the commissioners is not as direct or focused in its conclusion as we preferred. However, we do think it conveys support by the county for our position – that the gas plant does not belong in our community and that there are other feasible, suitable and less damaging locations for that facility.”
See our "NEWS" page for more details, the RESOURCES page for the resolution as adopted, plus local media reports.
SEE BELOW SLE's map showing SURROUNDING RESIDENCES.
MTGP-PROPOSED MAPS of three alternate sites (A, B and C) for the gas plant as proposed to the Commissioners, are on the RESOURCES page -- the sites are all on SLR property with fewer residences near them, but still in Lee County.
(Move the Gas Plant still prefers siting the plant where it belongs --- on the old Alcoa industrial site near Rockdale ---while the Commissioners want the tax revenue from a Lee County site. )
APRIL 8 UPDATE: GO TO THE RESOURCES AND NEWS PAGES TO READ THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE APRIL 3 STORY ON MTGP!
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Map of proposed 309/312 power plant site with nearby residences, submitted to TCEQ by Sandow Lakes Energy.
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away from the rural community of Blue in Lee County to a more appropriate location for a
1200 MW natural gas power generation plant.
Each of the above "red houses" were located on this map SLE submitted to TCEQ to show how many residences are within a certain distance of the proposed site. Each represents a family residence within a 1.5 mile radius of the proposed plant (site at corner of CR 309 and CR 312 outlined in red), amid private farms and ranches, and very near the historic Adina Christian Church and also near River View Christian Academy. The church was founded by an ancestor of a close neighbor to the power plant site. Needless to say, neither old nor new residents of the Blue community expected they would ever be put in this position when they settled in our beautiful part of rural Lee County.
If your residence or property is inside either the blue circle (3,000 ft. radius) or the yellow circle (1.5 mi. radius), please send us a message ASAP if you haven't already!
GO TO RESOURCES PAGE AT "2025 RESOURCES" TO SEE MAPS OF THREE ALTERNATIVE, LESS-POPULATED, AND MORE SUITABLE SITES IN LEE COUNTY THAT MTGP PROPOSED TO LEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON
JANUARY 28, 2025.
Travis Brown and Trish Siler on KXAN - see Resources page