Documents detail city’s settlement with rock crushers

  • At the height of protests, pictured here in 2018, against the aggregate industry's plans to operate a rock crusher just off the intersection of Texas 71 and U.S. 281, the city of Marble Falls participated in a lawsuit in an attempt to halt the activity. File photo
    At the height of protests, pictured here in 2018, against the aggregate industry's plans to operate a rock crusher just off the intersection of Texas 71 and U.S. 281, the city of Marble Falls participated in a lawsuit in an attempt to halt the activity. File photo
Following an agreement with parties involved, an Austin district judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit May 31 that would, in essence, end an aggregate company’s planned operation adjacent to a fledgling housing development in Marble Falls. The lawsuit, dating back to December 2017, involved plaintiffs including the city of Marble Falls, which challenged the Texas Commission on Environmental…

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