Austin, TX -- State Representative Erin Zwiener (D- Driftwood) filed four bills to address concerns from House District 45 residents regarding the proliferating aggregate industry. Aggregate operators include concrete batch plants, gravel pits and stone crushers. With a rapidly growing district, some areas have seen a growing number of aggregate operators who are unconcerned with being good neighbors to the community around them.
“I’m working with my Hill Country neighbors Representatives Terry Wilson and Andy Murr, to provide comprehensive oversight for aggregate operators,” Zwiener said. “This would include looking at the impacts on air quality, groundwater use, transportation infrastructure, public safety, noise pollution and the combined impact of multiple facilities in a community.”
The bills are narrow in scope, and each address a specific concern. They are designed to have minimal impact on the industry. Zwiener’s office is concerned with the noise of operation, damage to local roads because of increased overweight truck traffic and the impact on air and water.
