Southeastern Asphalt News Today

Henderson County (Jan 5, 2022) -

The hearing will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, May 17, at Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College. The applicant, Southeastern Asphalt plant owner Jeff Shipman, is seeking a rezoning of 6.5 acres on Spartanburg Highway at the U.S. 25 Connector  from Community Commercial to a conditional district. A conditional zoning districts allows commissioners to place restrictions pertaining to lighting, hours, noise, stormwater treatment and other factors. The Planning Board voted 5-2 on April 19 t...

The vote came after two hours of public comment and questions. After Bruce Hatfield made the motion to recommend denial of the rezoning, seconded by Jim Miller, those two were joined by Hunter Marks, Jennifer Balkcom and chairman Steve Dozier voting for the motion. Voting no, and favoring a positive recommendation on the request, were Baird Blake and Paul Patterson. Southeastern Asphalt Co. owner Jeff Shipman refiled  the rezoning application in March after withdrawing the request in December....

By Mark Starling One Dead In Asheville Homicide (Asheville, NC) -- The Asheville Police Department is investigating its first homicide of the year. Officers say a man died after he was shot in the Southern Street apartment complex near the Livingston community on Thursday morning. The search is on for suspects. WLOS-TV reports six people have been shot in the city so far in 2021. Rezoning For Henderson County Asphalt Plant Denied (Henderson County, NC) -- A Henderson County community is...

Controversial asphalt plant gets another rejection from county leaders     ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A controversial asphalt plant proposal for East Flat Rock got a vote of disapproval from the Henderson County Planning Board on Thursday. The board voted 5-2 to recommend the Henderson County Board of Commissioners deny the request to conditionally rezone the land from community commercial to industrial to allow for the plant’s construction. This is the second time developer Je...

“There’s not any to be had,” he said. “We’re meeting all the health and safety requirements that we’re required to and all the setbacks required by the county. We just tried to use the time (after withdrawing a rezoning application in December) to find something else and there’s just nothing else available.” The refiling of the application reignited a broad campaign by neighboring property owners, recreation groups, environmental activists and homeowners to stop the rezoning. Cl...