ICYMI: West Dallas residents fight concrete batch plants
RSR closed in 1984 and later agreed to pay more than $35 million to nearly 1,000 children who lived near the plant while it was operating and may have suffered from exposure to lead. The U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyNearly 27,000 residents live in 75212, the same West Dallas zip code as Reyes, according to census estimates. The population is 60% Hispanic and 28% Black. The median household income is $36,212, close to half the $70,281 for the median income rate in the metroplex.
Batch plants combine cement, sand, water and rocks to create concrete. The materials are loaded into large drum trucks, mixed with water and driven to construction sites. The council vote included a condition that bans Latino’s from re-applying for a city permit to work on that property for two years., Dionicio Martinez, owner of Latino’s Ready Mix Concrete, said dust is unavoidable working at a concrete batch plant but that he didn’t believe the impacts are as severe as he has heard.
Martinez said his company is still looking for a new site, but estimates it could cost up to $3 million and isn’t sure if his business can afford it.City records show the company didn’t receive its first five-year permit to legally operate in the area until 2009. But since then, home construction in the area has grown so much that the plant is no longer “compatible,” according to a city staff report recommending a permit denial.
Now 65, Martinez said he has worked at concrete plants since he was 15 years old. About half of his more than a dozen employees are relatives. He said he hasn’t seen any health issues as a result of working at the plant. , a roofing materials company with an asphalt shingle plant also on Singleton Boulevard. That site is about a mile and half away from Lattimore’s proposed plant. It’s also near homes, a library branch and a school. TCEQ hasn’t yet decided on that permit, either.
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