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Board denies request to nearly triple truck trips from County Road 60 pit after neighborhood outcry
Summary
United Companies sought permission for up to 300 daily trips from its County Road 60 pit to support time-sensitive public works, but neighbors raised dust, health, safety and notification concerns; after extensive testimony the board denied the special-project trip increase request.
A public hearing on June 24 produced lengthy testimony from residents, county staff and the operator United Companies (Old Castle Southwest) about a request to increase the pit's daily truck trips from the permit baseline (about 110 trips) to as many as 300 trips per day for limited public projects.
Tiara Bartuski, United Companies' Colorado-New Mexico region environmental manager, said the company had partnered on local public works and would follow a Good Neighbor policy for drivers, dust control and truck behavior. She…
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