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Board hears experience on concrete/asphalt crushing, weighs rail versus local facilities
Summary
A board member with prior New York operations described capital and labor costs for crushing concrete/asphalt and urged that Sumner County evaluate local crushing yards vs relying on rail transport to existing processors.
A board member with experience operating crush-and-reuse facilities described technical options and cost drivers for concrete and asphalt recycling, and urged the county to compare establishing a local crushing yard to shipping material by rail.
The member (Mike, S3) described equipment configurations (portable and semi-portable crushers), throughput ranges and how labor and union rates affect economics. "We we we employ 40 people all year long," he said to illustrate workforce impacts for larger operations; he also noted that smaller, well-run portable/crush setups can remain viable for many years and that reuse as aggregate or sub-base is common in some regions.
The board discussed whether to recruit vendors to relocate or to use rail to connect with existing processors; members asked staff to obtain cost, labor and throughput data from neighboring operations to inform a later procurement or grant application.
