Hearing on Island's third cement plant April 24 | Letter | The Journal of the San Juan Islands
A public hearing on the island’s third cement plant approval will be held Wednesday, tomorrow, on 24 April at 8:30 am in the County Council Hearing Room at 55 Second Street. A materials storage yard and Harbor Propane occupy the lots at present in the Beaverton Business Park. Impacts including noise, dust, and caustic runoff from concrete production may not be compatible with neighboring occupants. Should operations be sequestered in a building as stipulated for manufacturing during the zone change from R-5 to RG (Rural General use)? Absent mitigation, growth of local businesses and livi...