Spicewood turns up heat on hotmix asphalt plant on Texas 79

 

 

Spicewood, Tex., residents organize against hotmix asphalt plant.

Leaders emerge as Spicewood residents organize Thursday Night, Nov. 13.

The wave of public outcry over proposed hotmix asphalt plan on Texas 79 in Spicewood crested Thursday night, Nov. 12, flooding Opie's Barbecue with citizens bent on organizing opposition.

Elected officials, local residents and representatives of supporting organizations made up a crowd of near 100 in the local eatery. Facts were reviewed and a campaign was begun to mount opposition before a new Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Nov. 28 deadline for comment and beyond.

For more information, see the Tuesday, Nov. 17 issue of The Highlander.  

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