The state of Georgia has stepped in to take control of the Rivian site east of Atlanta near Covington amid local opposition to the planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant.
Local elected officials had been scheduled to vote next month on whether to rezone the 2,000 acres of rural property east of Atlanta for industrial use. They faced pressure from hundreds or thousands of area residents unhappy with the massive proposed factory.
But now local officials won’t vote, after the state assumed control and withdrew rezoning applications. The state can more easily bypass local zoning laws.
