A town in North Carolina is taking steps to ensure that truck parking will not be a part of the town’s rebuilding post Hurricane Helene.
Canton, North Carolina, 20 miles outside of Asheville, is still working to recover from the devastating Hurricane Helene last September. As lots are finally cleared and vacated, Canton’s Planning Director says that the town is working to keep trucking companies and parking lots from setting up shop in the newly available locations.
“I think the primary concern for lots of folks is not just appearance, but also the fact that you’re taking up potentially developable land to be developed as commercial retail and perhaps most importantly, housing stock,” Canton Planning Director Byron Hickox said at a recent meeting, reported The Mountaineer…