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<br /> Elizabeth Grew, Foreground , and Ruby Sinreich chant as they march down Franklin Street to Town Hall . They were taking par
<br /> in a demonstration Monday to protest the possible expansion of the American Stone quarry on N . C . 54 west of Carrboro .
<br /> PHOTO BY BRAD SMITH FOR THE NEWS & OBSERVER
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<br /> NT blastthe land-use change . " I think we ' re serving Orange County commissioners , which hai
<br /> eighbors o saypublic purpose by getting a fixed ending. " the ultimate say about the quarry expa)
<br /> The action came after more than a decade Sion to
<br /> develop a proposal that force
<br /> halas hurt the ' ° homes of heated debate . American Stone to pay for wells that exper
<br /> G� ; The & 1 vote Monday night came after a conclude have been damaged by quarryi>y
<br /> BY ANNE BLYTHE march on Town Hall by neighbors of the quar. activities .
<br /> STAFF WRITER JV R ry and the landfill, some of whom called them- Chapel Mill officials also asked the count
<br /> 2u°3AP Elm L 41LL — The Town Council on Monday selves victims of environmental racism , commissioners to insist that road changa
<br /> Residents from neighborhoods surround- made because of the quarry expansion me,
<br /> night approved a controversial land - use
<br /> change that partially paves the way for the ing the quarry have complained that all the federal, state and local safety requirement
<br /> expansion of an American Stone quarry in blasting from previous mining has damaged Council member Edith Wiggins tried to gt
<br /> western Orange County. their wells , cracked the foundations of their her colleagues to agree to extend public watr
<br /> The Carrboro Board of Aldermen and Orange homes and substantially hampered their qual- lines to the residents in neighborhoods nq
<br /> County Board of Commissioners also would ity of life . They said a new land-use plan called the quarry.
<br /> have to agree to the zoning change before addi- for a different use for the property. "If we are willing to modify the j oint laY{-
<br /> tional mining could occur on the 75-acre parcel " We don' t want to have to listen to rock use agreement to expand the quarry, •e
<br /> off N. C . 54 just west of Carrboro . The plan would crushing or the blasting forever; ' said Annie should be willing to modify 'it to get watero
<br /> allow quarrying to continue until 2030 . Parrish, a quarry neighbor. "When I retire, I the neighborhoods , " Wiggins said.
<br /> Eventually, the Orange Water and Sewer want to be able to sit on my porch . " But she failed to win support for her ids .
<br /> Authority plans to use the quarried pit as a But as the county continues to grow, plan- The land is in a rural buffer where pube
<br /> reservoir, ners say, Chapel Dill and Carrboro will need water and sewer lines are prohibited as to
<br /> " The reason I 'm for this is because it puts the quarry for awater-storage area , for limiting growth.
<br /> a fixed time at which quarr.1 operations will As they planned for the future , though, the be turned over to the public , " said Bill Strom , council tried to mitigate some of the con - Staff writer Anne Blythe can he reached at 9324741
<br /> .,� „ „v , ; niif ormnoii mpmhers who voted for terns of the neighborhood . They ' ll ask the or ablvtlre(c. nando.corn
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