Little Walnut Creek Branch Library
Preserve Tranquility
RECEIVED Mon., April 11, 2005
Dear Editor,
For anyone out there who loves to eat at the Salt Lick and enjoys the beautiful area surrounding the Salt Lick: There is a rock crusher/quarry that has temporarily opened (awaiting final permits by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) by KBDJ Inc. just east of the Salt Lick. If allowed to operate at full capacity, there will be 104 18-wheelers per hour traveling on those narrow, curving, and hilly roads that were never meant to have such traffic. There is also a huge threat to the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone as the rock crusher/quarry sits directly on top of it and to the quality of the air in the area as constant blasting will take place.
I have no doubt that citizens of Austin should be involved in our efforts to stop the operations of this rock crusher/quarry as it poses such dangerous threats. Austin owns hundreds of acres of conservational land all around the site of this rock crusher/quarry and if not stopped, this land will be in danger.
Visit StopTheCrusher.com to help us put an end to this horrible threat to the folks who love our Texas Hill Country!
For anyone out there who loves to eat at the Salt Lick and enjoys the beautiful area surrounding the Salt Lick: There is a rock crusher/quarry that has temporarily opened (awaiting final permits by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) by KBDJ Inc. just east of the Salt Lick. If allowed to operate at full capacity, there will be 104 18-wheelers per hour traveling on those narrow, curving, and hilly roads that were never meant to have such traffic. There is also a huge threat to the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone as the rock crusher/quarry sits directly on top of it and to the quality of the air in the area as constant blasting will take place.
I have no doubt that citizens of Austin should be involved in our efforts to stop the operations of this rock crusher/quarry as it poses such dangerous threats. Austin owns hundreds of acres of conservational land all around the site of this rock crusher/quarry and if not stopped, this land will be in danger.
Visit StopTheCrusher.com to help us put an end to this horrible threat to the folks who love our Texas Hill Country!
Debbie Lambert
Buda
Buda
[Editor's note: The Chronicle has received several similar letters.]
