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Council deadlocks on Reconstruct Aggregates wet-processing permit after residents raise pollution and truck concerns
Summary
After hours of public comment and a company presentation, the Gary Common Council tied 4–4 on CPO 2025-74, rejecting a special-use permit for Reconstruct Aggregates to operate a wet soil-processing plant at 4900–5200 E. 15th Ave amid questions about testing, truck routes and decommissioning assurances.
A proposed wet-processing facility from Reconstruct Aggregates failed to win council approval on Feb. 3 after intense public opposition and detailed questioning from council members and residents. The motion for CPO 2025-74 resulted in a 4–4 roll call and was recorded as failing.
The petitioner’s counsel and company representative (Scott Yaney and Darren Eastwood) presented the technology as a dust-free, electrically driven washing plant intended to process clean (inert) soils into reusable construction aggregates. Eastwood said the company anticipates roughly 100–125 truck trips per day, expects to employ about 15 full-time…
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