18 Concrete batch plants within a 4-mile radius in south Houston. $8 billion Amount cementindustries bring in annually in Texas.

Concrete batch plants are where materials like cement, water, sand and rocks are combined and mixed together to make concrete. They’re also a source of harmful air pollution.

Dust from the concrete batch plants can also fill the air, leaving a haze — particularly on parts of Singleton Boulevard. Reyes says he and other residents have had enough. “I’ve lived here ...

More than 100 concrete batch plants in Harris County have sprung up disproportionately in low-income, Hispanic, and Black areas, according to a study published last year.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Deirdre Diamond is frustrated and concerned that another concrete batch plant is coming to her town. Gunter, located about 50 miles north of Dallas, already has 11 permitted ...

Gunter, located about 50 miles north of Dallas, already has 11 permitted concrete batch plants, according to Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining, and now another one is on the way, worrying ...

A concrete truck is washed at a concrete batch plant in Gunter on March 21. The state environmental agency has proposed new rules aimed at reducing pollution from the plants. (Shelby Tauber For ...

Dallas already has 38 batch plants, with more than half located in West Dallas near schools and homes. Midlothian, southwest of Dallas, has four concrete batch plants.

Future proposals to further regulate asphalt and concrete batch plants are on the table, said Julia Ryan, Dallas’ planning and urban design director. They include zoning code changes requiring ...

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - The Sherman City Council approved changes to the requirements for temporary concrete batch plants. The city will be enforcing a 300-foot minimum distance between these ...

Right Manufacturing EZ 2-8-2 Portable Concrete Mixer & Batch Plant April 10, 2018 ...

Gunter, located about 50 miles north of Dallas, already has 11 permitted concrete batch plants, according to Texans for Responsible Aggregate Mining, and now another one is on the way, worrying ...