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C GLEMWOOD POST GterrM ~~ ~~ry~ (M-F(PMI, ~,71t lh '11[elie WilLld_Deismau,~,,...~~ .._. _-.....nn t?RESS 'Quality of life' becomes issue as residents oppose ~ By JOHN STROUD C ~ Post staff writer J '~. @arch at Roaring Fork and Missouri l Heights><eSii~ents squared off with Garfield ~ Col~ttty eotnmissioners Monday over apro- d concrete batch plant on the Blue ~ ~'~raVel pit site northeast of Carbondale. 1` r,.~{vlost discussion was over two possible f, tlCess options for concrete trucks coming lra~nd out of the pigrtt. One would use the existing route over I 6ohnty roads to the Highway 82/County I+'IAad 103 intersection. County officials say t>Mat would adversely impact roads that are ~Iadequate Cor heavy truck traffic and re- ~ttire improvements before hauling could The other option would establish a new direct access onto Highway 82 from the plant and gravel pit, which would need ap- proval from the Colorado Department of Transportation, It would also require a revi- sion of the grave! pit permit, which allows access oNY on county roads. T~ gavel pit is located on the Jean Blue artFh, across from the Ranch at Roar- ing rk and just north of the section of hightr~ay' now being four-laved. It's situated over a berm and so is not visible from the highway, and it currently lacks a direct highway access. So a residents argue that the proposed concr , e plant doesn't fit in at all with the growl ~ residential area and should be de- nied, en though the gravel pit has been there s ce 1481. "I r nt the proliferation of an industrial plant ' an agricultural and residential area;' aid Betty DeBeque, a resident at Ranch t Roaring Fork, a subdivision of more t n 150 condominiums and single- family mes. "We're trying to mai in a certain uality of life here." Othe Ranch residents said the propo d highwa access would create hazards fro trucks euering the highway and that brak ing trucks would be noisy. Chris Lacher, a resident of Hawk Ridga ~ Subdivision an 103 Road, charged that the commissioners appear to have already made up their minds and are concecrtad.. only with solving the access problem. "It sounds by the way your talking het@ [hat you've made your decision;' Locher' said. "You're talking about access when tht3: fact is we should be talking about whethel`s we should have the batch plain." - - Locher argued that residential concerns. should take precedence because more prop - erty taxes in the county now come froth residential property as opposed to commet- :cial and industrial operations. ' Commission Chairman Arnold Mackley denied that any decisions have been made and responded to Locher that homes require building materials such as concrete. "Every one of your homes has a concrete four[daeion," he said. Cotnmissicners postponed a decision on