Article: Christiansburg council vetoes concrete plant

Town council denied Tuesday a request to locate a concrete plant in the town's Industrial Park.

Boxley, a customer-directed supplier of concrete mixes, had requested a zoning permit for property on the southern side of Prospect Drive for a concrete-ready mix-batch plant in the general industrial district.

However, residents and some tenants in the Industrial Park expressed concerns about the dust and noise generated by the plant, the additional traffic on an already congested Roanoke Street and worries about Boxley oversaturating the concrete market.

Some speakers referred to the existing Marshall Concrete Products of Christiansburg, a division of Chandler Concrete of Virginia, and ...

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