A contingent of 20 people, including Gorham planning board members and several neighbors, viewed the proposed site of an asphalt plant in Gorham Sunday afternoon.
Gorham-based Shaw Brothers Construction is asking for permission for a multi-million asphalt plant and quarry on Mosher Road. The company bought the bulk of the 125-acre site zoned industrial from Lachance Brick Company, which retained its buildings and a few acres.
The construction company introduced its proposal to Gorham last year. The planning board will continue its review of the request at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, in the Gorham Municipal Center.
Opponents have packed previous planning board and town council hearings since about a year ago. Generating fears of the impact on health, traffic and noise, the proposal has drawn heat from nearby residents of Gateway Commons, Mosher Road and the Queen Street area.
About 25 people attended the first site walk in a heavy rain last fall, but recently the construction company asked to relocate the plant, which would have two 80-foot silos for storage. To ease complaints of neighbors, the company is offering to place the asphalt plant 280 feet behind the buildings of Lachance Brick Company, farther away from Mosher Road and Queen Street. The asphalt plant was originally planned next to the Queen Street side of Lachance’s buildings.
Engineer Walt Stinson of Sebago Technics in Westbrook said the plant would be 700 feet away from Mosher Road and 2,000 feet from the Gateway Commons residential development.
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