Skyline Aggregate & Recycling

On Tuesday, August 25, the Board of Supervisors approved Skyline 5-0.

The county moved the hearing to Jensen Hall at the fairgrounds to make room, and you filled it. You gave up a Tuesday night and stayed for three and a half hours. People drove in from Chester, Fall River, and Red Bluff. Neighbor after neighbor stood up to speak, and 251 of you signed the letter to the Board.

I've spent a lot of Tuesday nights at community events over the years. I've never been more humbled than when so many of you gave up one to show up for us.

To those who came with concerns: thank you, too. You asked real questions, and this is a better project because of them.

We made four promises along the way: good local jobs, a reliable local supply of the rock our roads and homes are built on, environmental protection that goes further than the state requires, and safe work that respects our neighbors. Approval doesn't finish those promises. It starts them.

We know you've heard plenty about Skyline, so here's the short version of what's next. First comes the slow, necessary work: bringing commercial power to the site, which alone can take a year, drilling the well, and improving the road at the entrance. We'll move the plants over when the work is there to support it. When there's something worth knowing, you'll find it here first.