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Council approves two temporary concrete batch plants; residents raise dust and truck traffic concerns
Summary
The Haslet City Council on Aug. 4 unanimously approved two specific-use permits for temporary concrete batch plants in North Glen and Sweetgrass subdivisions, subject to a Planning & Zoning condition that all concrete be used on-site.
The Haslet City Council on Aug. 4 approved two specific-use permits for temporary concrete batch plants in new subdivisions, imposing a condition recommended by the planning-and-zoning commission that no concrete produced be used off-site.
The council granted the permits for a 39-acre tract in North Glen Phase 3 and for a site in Sweetgrass Phase 2 after hours of discussion about air quality, truck traffic and whether plants had operated before permit approval.
Developers told the council the portable plants are intended to speed concrete work and reduce problems created by long ready-mix truck lines. Shane Sheffield, who identified himself as the plant operations manager for the applicant, said the temporary plants would run for a short, intensive period to pour roadways. "So the plant would…
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