Puyallup Mayor says effort to unseat him motivated by his opposition to development project
PUYALLUP, Wash. -- The drama over the development of Knutson Farms is now spilling over into Puyallup’s mayoral race.
“I’ve been a leading voice in trying to get more reasonable development down here as opposed to what’s being proposed,” Mayor John Palmer said.
Knutson Farms wants to sell their land and Running Bear, a developer based out of state, wants to build seven big warehouses in addition to one under construction currently.
The land technically sits on Pierce County’s jurisdiction, but Palmer says the impacts will be on his city specifically when it comes to infrastructure and traffic. Palmer says a study showed the warehouse project would bring thousands more trips to the area, including 2,000 more trucks to Shaw Road every day.
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