Vulcan Materials Co., a 100-year-old, Birmingham, AL-based firm that wants to expand its Red Oak quarry mining operations here, will appeal the zoning decision, the report states. Besides allowing the development of warehouse projects, the new zoning also permits the construction of buildings used for research and other commercial uses.
The zoning issue has intensified among residents of the Grove Park neighborhood, off Bankhead Highway, according to the report. They are suing Vulcan and the county in a move to halt dynamite blasting at the firm's 100-acre Bellwood Quarry.
The rezoning of the 21 acres is a setback for Vulcan which won a lawsuit in May against the county. At that time, Vulcan sought to expand its 180-acre Red Oak quarry site by 21 acres. The site is off Buffington Road, next to Interstate 85.
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