Anger over plans for gravel pit, asphalt hot-mix plant on Highway 34

A Brainerd asphalt company ran into a boiling cauldron of opposition Tuesday over plans to open an existing gravel pit across Highway 34 from the Twin Haven mobile home park.

Anderson Brothers Construction, which specializes in asphalt and bituminous paving, came before the Becker County Planning Commission to request a conditional use permit to mine sand and gravel, crush gravel, and operate a temporary hot mix asphalt plant on the Harold and Marlene Hickel property in Erie Township, about 7 miles east of Detroit Lakes.

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