Umstead Park reveals discovery
The Wake Stone Corp. quarry on the property it has leased from Raleigh-Durham International Airport is 500-feet deep.
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The Wake Stone Corp. quarry on the property it has leased from Raleigh-Durham International Airport is 500-feet deep.
Documents from the 1930s raise questions about a quarry expansion at RDU
The Umstead Coalition has asked the state and airport to resurvey the boundary between the park and the site of a proposed Wake Stone quarry.
The Department of Environmental Quality reached a settlement with Wake Stone Corp. that will allow the company to mine stone on land adjacent to Umstead State Park.
The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority approved the $130 million project despite concerns about the parking lot’s environmental impacts.