The company is also willing to limit trucks to Route 28 and wouldn't use secondary roads, Miklich said.
As far as noise is concerned, Miklich asked, "What noise?"
Vulcan Materials wants to build a quarry south of Route 28 in Nokesville and north of the Prince William County Public Safety Academy. It would abut the Fauquier County line and be adjacent to Norfolk Southern Railroad to the north.
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The Manassas Quarry is surrounded by berms 30 feet high in some places and 50 feet in others.
Vulcan is proposing to build a 50-foot berm around the perimeter of Prince William Quarry.
The company blasted rock 160 times in the Manassas Quarry last year, said John Dickson, plant manager. The blasts occur at 3:30 p.m. to avoid disturbing nearby Stonewall Jackson Senior High School, Miklich said.
Hickerson argued the contrary. She works as a secretary at Stonewall Jackson and said she has felt blasts earlier than 3:30 p.m.
"Sometimes the blasts are so significant, it really shakes people up," Hickerson said.
Virginia McIntosh of Nokesville, 50, said she fears ground water pollution in the community where her family has owned a farm since 1907.
"There's no room for a quarry here," McIntosh said. "I'd much rather see homes built any day."
But Vulcan is the reason homes are being built, Miklich said.
Miklich said Vulcan, recognized by Fortune magazine for its social responsibility, has been a good neighbor since 1963, making donations to local schools and nonprofits and giving 100 tours a year of the quarry to local students.
