Editor's Pick Asphalt plant's would-be neighbors: Not in our backyard Tim Reaves Jun 12, 2015 Jun 12, 2015 Updated Mar 19, 2019 0 1 of 2 Granite Contracting CEO Steve Cosper speaks at a community meeting at Camino Church at the Way in Concord on June 15. Tim Reaves / Martin Marietta Materials Inc. runs a rock quarry off of Weddington Road and wants to lease a parcel of land to another company for an asphalt plant. Tim Reaves / Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tim Reaves CONCORD, N.C. -- An asphalt plant could be moving to a quarry next to a neighborhood in Concord, and residents strongly oppose it.kAm|2CE:? |2C:6EE2 |2E6C:2=D x?4] @A6C2E6D 2 C@4< BF2CCJ @77 @7 (655:?8E@? #@25 :? r@?4@C5] %96 4@>A2?J H2?ED E@ =62D6 A2CE @7 :ED =2?5 E@ r@C?6=:FD\32D65 vC2?:E6 r@?EC24E:?8[ H9:49 A=2?D E@ >@G6 2?5 C62DD6>3=6 2? 2DA92=E A=2?E 7C@> $@FE9 r2C@=:?2 E@ 2 `_]g\24C6 A2C46= ?@CE9 @7 E96 >2:? 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