Asphalt plant group asks for delay before city council meeting

The Statesville City Council may have gotten a break this week when members received a letter asking that consideration of one of two hot-button agenda items be delayed.

A letter from attorney William Pope, who represents Maymead Asphalt Co., asked the council to postpone considering its request for a special-use permit to allow Maymead to construct an asphalt plant on Northside Drive, in the northwestern part of the city.

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Letter: Proposed plant is threat to community

For some time now, I have been sympathetically following the progress of Snow Creek area residents in resisting the construction of a biodiesel plant in their residential/agricultural community.

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Asphalt plant opponents plan to make their presence known at meeting

The last time residents near the western edge of Statesville protested the construction of an asphalt plant near their neighborhood, they had to move the city council meeting across Front and Center streets to a room in the Statesville Civic Center.

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Editorial: Council faces tough call on plant

For all the talk and hand-wringing about a global recession, there’s no reason to believe the explosive residential and retail growth occurring in our region is anything but a precursor of bigger things to come.

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Planning board OKs permit for asphalt plant; councilwoman tours facility

An asphalt company cleared a hurdle in its bid to expand its local operations Tuesday when the Statesville Planning Board recommended approval of the special-use permit required to open a new plant off Northside Drive.

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Asphalt plant opponents hope for big turnout at Planning Board meeting

About a dozen people took seats at the the First RX pharmacy Thursday night, but their purpose had nothing to do with medication or even an item on the menu of the store’s cafe.

The group had the topic of asphalt on their minds.

And, more specifically, on planning ways to stop an asphalt producing plant from being built, so to speak, in their backyards.

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