Hundreds of Fort Bend residents continue fighting suburban concrete crusher after first TCEQ rebuff

Nearly a year after homeowners from new Fort Bend County housing developments successfully objected to a proposed concrete crushing facility, they filled a Rosharon meeting hall Tuesday night to prevent their industrial neighbor from setting up shop.

PROTESTS:They moved to the suburbs for cleaner air. A concrete crusher could now move next door.

“You all need to take a hint and possibly just move your plant down the road,” said Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson, speaking at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality-led public meeting. She addressed representatives of Julpit, Inc., the new company formed by Houston developer John Beeson…

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