THE TEMECULA BEAT: Granite's Liberty Quarry appeal filed Thursday
By AARON CLAVERIE aclaverie@californian.com
- Northern California-based Granite Construction on Thursday filed an appeal of the county Planning Commission's denial of its Liberty Quarry project.
Granite representatives have long been on the record saying they had planned to file the appeal and that the company is looking forward to the hearing that will be conducted by the county Board of Supervisors.
The commission voted 4-1 in late August to deny the quarry project, an open pit aggregate mine proposed for land on the city of Temecula's southern border.
Earlier this month, the commission voted 4-1 to finalize that action, presenting a long list of denial findings that did not include many of the benefits of the project that have been touted by Granite and detailed by county planning staff in the project's environmental impact report.
Opponents of the project say it will harm the area's air quality, negatively impact the region's tourism industry and destroy land tied to the creation story of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians.
Supporters say the mine will bring good jobs and produce an economic virtuous circle because the area will be able
to tap a local source of high-quality aggregate.
The commission voted 4-1 in late August to deny the quarry project, an open pit aggregate mine proposed for land on the city of Temecula's southern border.
Earlier this month, the commission voted 4-1 to finalize that action, presenting a long list of denial findings that did not include many of the benefits of the project that have been touted by Granite and detailed by county planning staff in the project's environmental impact report.
Opponents of the project say it will harm the area's air quality, negatively impact the region's tourism industry and destroy land tied to the creation story of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians.
Supporters say the mine will bring good jobs and produce an economic virtuous circle because the area will be able
to tap a local source of high-quality aggregate.
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