The commission denied the permit for the concrete plant. My hands are still shaking from the news because this fight drained everything I had left. Please stay alert in case they try this again later.
December 13, 2020
Final supporters
United Ready Mix has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for an Air Quality Standard permit. Should the commission grant this permit to United Ready Mix it will allow the company to build a concrete batch plant at the corner of Sanders and Bullard Roads in the EJT of Iowa Colony, Texas. This is no small matter. The lives of all Iowa Colony residents as well as those living near Iowa Colony will be greatly affected. Not only is the road infrastructure not capable of handling the constant flow of large concrete trucks, but the negative affects on the local environment, noise pollution, and health of those living in and around Iowa Colony will be significantly impacted especially those with existing respiratory issues. In addition, it is well documented that the same pollution created by these plants that leave a film on people's homes, cars, and the streets they drive, leaves the same particulates in people's lungs. These particulates are known to cause respiratory diseases in the healthy such as: asthma, silicosis, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. There are several thousand people as well as multiple schools within a 5 mile radius of the site that United Ready Mix wants to build and soon to be two new elementary schools and an additional large neighborhood.
We the undersigned citizens living in and around Iowa Colony do not want ourselves, our families, or our environment affected by the building of this concrete batch plant. We are adamantly against it being built anywhere in or near our city. We implore the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to do right by citizens of Iowa Colony, Texas and the surrounding areas that will be negatively affected by this plant to vote "NO" to this application for a permit by United Ready Mix.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 3, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
November 3, 2020
November 2, 2020
The days feel long and the process is draining but we cannot afford to lose momentum now. If everyone reading this gets two local neighbors to sign today we will hit our next milestone and show the commission we are not going anywhere.
156 Comments
This is a residential area, there are far to many risks involved in having a concrete plant so close. While I understand a concrete plant has to be in production somewhere, it certainly should not be in such close proximity to vast residential areas as this.
Im not a stranger to having a concrete plant near me. As a child, I grew less than a mile away from one. It devalues homes as well as it comes with health HAZARDS to the communities nearby. Go build this plant somewhere else.
As a ex-sixteen year Mayor of the city, the traffic is just getting started. Adding these trucks to a highly trafficked area is poor planning. Please rethink this future nightmare for local residents.
I do not want to live anywhere near this facility I chose this location because we didn’t have anything like that by us everyone of my grandchildren and the majority of my children suffer from severe asthma it would be catastrophic for them
I grew up in Texas City and moved to Manvel to get away from things like this. My Father and my husband are victims of the pollutants and hazards of these types of plants and we do not wish to live nextdoor to one.
We live in Meridiana with young son and oppose the pollution, health impacts and added inconvenience this plant will bring to our area.
I live in Iowa Colony and do not support this!
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The commission denied the permit for the concrete plant. My hands are still shaking from the news because this fight drained everything I had left. Please stay alert in case they try this again later.
December 13, 2020
Final supporters
United Ready Mix has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for an Air Quality Standard permit. Should the commission grant this permit to United Ready Mix it will allow the company to build a concrete batch plant at the corner of Sanders and Bullard Roads in the EJT of Iowa Colony, Texas. This is no small matter. The lives of all Iowa Colony residents as well as those living near Iowa Colony will be greatly affected. Not only is the road infrastructure not capable of handling the constant flow of large concrete trucks, but the negative affects on the local environment, noise pollution, and health of those living in and around Iowa Colony will be significantly impacted especially those with existing respiratory issues. In addition, it is well documented that the same pollution created by these plants that leave a film on people's homes, cars, and the streets they drive, leaves the same particulates in people's lungs. These particulates are known to cause respiratory diseases in the healthy such as: asthma, silicosis, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. There are several thousand people as well as multiple schools within a 5 mile radius of the site that United Ready Mix wants to build and soon to be two new elementary schools and an additional large neighborhood.
We the undersigned citizens living in and around Iowa Colony do not want ourselves, our families, or our environment affected by the building of this concrete batch plant. We are adamantly against it being built anywhere in or near our city. We implore the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to do right by citizens of Iowa Colony, Texas and the surrounding areas that will be negatively affected by this plant to vote "NO" to this application for a permit by United Ready Mix.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 3, 2020
Reached 100 supporters
November 3, 2020
November 2, 2020
The days feel long and the process is draining but we cannot afford to lose momentum now. If everyone reading this gets two local neighbors to sign today we will hit our next milestone and show the commission we are not going anywhere.
156 Comments
We chose this area because it was away from the major industrial compounds. That plant will drastically reduce our air quality, increase truck traffic, and very likely reduce property values.
This is a residential area, there are far to many risks involved in having a concrete plant so close. While I understand a concrete plant has to be in production somewhere, it certainly should not be in such close proximity to vast residential areas as this.
Im not a stranger to having a concrete plant near me. As a child, I grew less than a mile away from one. It devalues homes as well as it comes with health HAZARDS to the communities nearby. Go build this plant somewhere else.
As a ex-sixteen year Mayor of the city, the traffic is just getting started. Adding these trucks to a highly trafficked area is poor planning. Please rethink this future nightmare for local residents.
I do not want to live anywhere near this facility I chose this location because we didn’t have anything like that by us everyone of my grandchildren and the majority of my children suffer from severe asthma it would be catastrophic for them
I grew up in Texas City and moved to Manvel to get away from things like this. My Father and my husband are victims of the pollutants and hazards of these types of plants and we do not wish to live nextdoor to one.
We live in Meridiana with young son and oppose the pollution, health impacts and added inconvenience this plant will bring to our area.
I live in Iowa Colony and do not support this!
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We chose this area because it was away from the major industrial compounds. That plant will drastically reduce our air quality, increase truck traffic, and very likely reduce property values.