Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents of children at the Awty International School protest outside the Webber batch concrete plant built within a few hundred ...

As Texans grapple with an influx of concrete batch plants and the toxic dust they sometimes bring to nearby homes, schools and parks, new restrictions to regulate them appear to again be hitting a ...

Communities statewide have demanded that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strengthen environmental regulations for concrete batch plants, which combine raw materials such as sand, water ...

Children hold signs in opposition of a proposed concrete batch plant in northeast Harris County on April 6, 2022. ARLINGTON — Deirdre Diamond is frustrated and concerned that another concrete batch ...

The Dallas Park Board is taking a stand against concrete batch plants looking over the city's parks. In northwest Dallas, perturbed by the adjacency of batch plants next to Luna Vista Golf Course and ...

A concrete batch plant preparing to set up shop in West Dallas on property less than 400 yards away from an elementary school, and residents are trying to stop that from happening. Lattimore Materials ...

Harris County parents say a concrete batch plant near an elementary school and daycare must be closed to protect the children's health. The plant, located at 111 W Loop N Fwy, is just a hair's breadth ...

Concrete batch plants are where materials like cement, water, sand and rocks are combined and mixed together. It's then poured into trucks and transported to nearby construction projects. The Texas ...

Houston led the U.S. in new home construction in 2023, and that expansion has driven a heavy demand for concrete. The spinning drums of racing ready-mix trucks are a common sight along city ...