FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – Hundreds of people are expected to attend a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposed quarry in southwest Allen County.
The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum Conference Center. Allen County Commissioner Ron Turpin said officials are preparing for as many as 1,000 attendees.
The Allen County Board of Zoning Appeals and the Plan Commission are expected to weigh in on the project.
Opposition organizes against project
Shawn McCarthy is part of what he calls an alliance against the proposed quarry. He met with 21Alive News in the Hamlets-West subdivision, overlooking the land US Aggregates — a subsidiary of the Heritage Group — is trying to develop. The company wants to create a 524-acre quarry…