City approves expanded plans for Costco poultry plant

City council in Fremont, Nebraska, unanimously approves plans that would expand proposed size of poultry plant and hatchery. The new plans state that the plant would cover an area of 360,000 square feet, up substantially from the earlier proposed size of 250,000 square feet. The other amended plan is for an associated hatchery. The first proposal was for the hatchery to cover 75,000 square feet, but the revision calls for 85,000 square feet.Fremont citizens in attendance at the council meeting voiced worries that the city may end up paying more for infrastructure improvements to support the larger poultry plant.In order to support the poultry plant between 50 and 75 contract growers would be needed to raise nearly 17 million broilers annually. Nebraska currently has about 1 million broilers