Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Mar 4, 2024 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, Linked Stories, News
As she rides down FM 2252, Lisa Swint gestures out the window to the wall of dirt, rock and debris piled high beside the road. “It’s starting to be kind of the hallmark look of Garden Ridge,” said Swint, a City Council member in the Comal County town of about 4,000...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 4, 2024 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, News
Opponents of a proposed quarry in Comal County are forming a new plan to fight the project after losing their latest effort to block the facility’s air quality permit. Since 2017, the Preserve Our Hill Country Environment Foundation and other advocates have been...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jan 4, 2024 | Aggregate Production Operations, News
Months after Garden Ridge officials shot down a plans for a controversial concrete plant, the plant’s owners have quietly picked a new site for it — one that’s less than half a mile away, but is outside the Comal County city’s jurisdiction. Read more from Liz Teitz...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jul 19, 2023 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, County Authority, Land Conservation and Stewardship, News, Regional Planning, Water Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
Facing a two-lane highway about 13 miles west of New Braunfels, a 546-acre ranch hugging the west fork of Dry Comal Creek has caused a stir in the community. Behind a small gate, hills dotted with live oaks and a few freely roaming horses can be seen. But neighbors...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 21, 2023 | Aggregate Production Operations, News, Planning and Development
“There is plenty of sand on land. They don’t have to ruin our lakes for this,” Ortiz [of TRAM Texas] said. “We’ve got to stop it right here, we’ve got to stop it right now, or we’ll live to regret it.” Click here to read...
Posted by Leah Cuddeback | Jun 14, 2023 | Aggregate Production Operations, Community, HCA in the News, Legislature and Regulation, News
Communities statewide have demanded that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strengthen environmental regulations for concrete batch plants, which combine raw materials such as sand, water and cement to make concrete. Residents who live near the plants have...
