RidgePort delayed as research continues

DIAMOND - Once again, the village is delaying annexation of the RidgePort intermodal site to continue its research into the proposal. "It's my duty to Diamond residents," Mayor Michael Ramme noted Tuesday evening in announcing a special meeting of the Diamond Village Board at the Diamond Banquet Hall at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15. He said the board has worked on the RidgePort project since January, and that a specialist is being hired to check concerns recently raised about underground mining and possible effects on the area. The reports will be presented at the public hearing, Ramme said as he removed the annexation proposal from Tuesday's regular bi-monthly meeting agenda to December. RidgePort is the 3,000-acre business park proposed at the