We want jobs. We want government to create jobs, but we don’t want industry or anything that might ruffle dust, down trees, obstruct viewsheds, or increase traffic.
Plans to build the [Weaverville concrete] plant were the focus of strong and organized community opposition because of worries about traffic and dust. About 200 people attended a May 2010 public hearing on an air quality permit for the plant, and a community group sued over the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency’s decision to issue the permit.
John Runkle, a Chapel Hill attorney representing North Buncombe Association of Concerned Citizens, said he was on the verge of asking a judge to decide the case when residents told him the plant was shut down.
