CLAREMONT, N.C. — Residents in a Claremont neighborhood petitioned against a truck stop being built next to their homes.
The annexing site will be on North Oxford Street near Montclair Drive within the city limits.
The petition against those plans had nearly two dozen signatures.
Delores Baer showed Channel 9′s Dave Faherty a map where she says the 7-Eleven truck stop is planned.
“We are fighting for our lives here,” Baer said. “We are fighting for our existence. We have people who have lived in this development for 60-70 years.”
Baer hopes someone from Claremont will fight for the residents.
“Smelling the diesel,” she said. “The light pollution. The air pollution. The noise pollution. It’s going to be unbearable to live here.”
Resident Marvin Arnold said he is worried about home values dropping because of the truck stop.
“The diesel smell, that’ll be probably all the time,” Arnold said. “And definitely the home values. They’re definitely going to take a hit.”
City leaders in Claremont said the property is already zoned for businesses like a truck stop.
Monday night, the mayor of Claremont said the annexation of the property passed 5-0.
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