JACKSONVILLE – A proposed asphalt plant has some people in Onslow County concerned.
Morton
Trucking wants to build the plant near its facility off U.S. Highway
17. But people who live in the area are worried about the environmental
impacts.
Carolyn Humphrey lives less than a mile from where
Morton Trucking hopes to build the plant, and she is not pleased with
the news.
"We're not putting a hot dog stand in our
neighborhood," Humphrey said. "We're putting an asphalt plant which
could be devastating to our community."
She fears the plant will sink property value. She also worries about air and water pollution.
White Oak New Riverkeeper Tess Sanders say the proposed plant is too close to Little Northeast Creek.....VIEW THE STORY