Mining Company Appeals Decision To Squash 400-Acre Project

A mining company has a appealed a decision by the Riverside County Planning Commission to stop it from building a quarry near Temecula.

Granite Construction filed the appeal this week, according to Ray Smith, a spokesperson for the county.

The plan to build the controversial Liberty Quarry was rejected by a final vote from the Planning Commission

This week's appeal means the issue will be forwarded to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to decide.

Granite Construction had vowed  

The company is proposing to build a 115-acre mine on a property spanning more than 400 acres in the hills just south of Temecula and just east of the Santa Rosa Ecological Preserve. To read details about the plan,