Kelly Dye, a local resident, told Limestone County commissioners in public comment that operations at the Moyers Road asphalt plant owned by Grace and Carter and Son Contracting Inc. and/or HCG Holdings LLC have expanded toward a nearby greenway and are now running at night.

Dye said she sent an email to commissioners on April 23 raising concerns that “industrial operations were being extended into a current greenway” and asked the county to consider using rezoning authority to protect the remaining greenway property. She said the plant “has begun running night operations, meaning that it is now running 24 7, giving us no reprieve whatsoever from the noise and lights and whatever pollutions else they are choosing to enact at that time.”

Why it matters: The complaint raises land-use and nuisance concerns that can affect nearby neighborhoods, including noise, lighting, and possible air emissions. Dye urged the commission to “stand up and fight for the citizens instead of a corporation,” but the transcript does not show commissioners moving to open a rezoning or enforcement action.

Dye said she and other concerned community members want discussion of whether rezoning the remaining greenway parcel could stop further industrial encroachment. She warned that if the issue is not addressed, “this corporation will continue to move for further and further and further, continuing to encroach upon our properties, and continuing to disrupt and make our lives very unsafe and unhealthy.”

The transcript records Dye's request and specific statements about operations and impacts but does not record a legal analysis, staff report, or a motion to begin rezoning or enforcement. The transcript does not quote county staff on legal authority or next steps during the public comment period; any formal action would need to appear in subsequent minutes or an agenda item with staff recommendations.