Granite Has Options if Project Is Denied Again

Even if the denies Liberty Quarry, that may not stop the project.

Granite Construction, the company planning to build a 135-acre mine just south of Temecula, has at least two options, according to the Californian.

It could sue the county, or it could submit an amended application.

If it chose to sue, it would have nearly no chance of winning in court, Ray Johnson, an environmental attorney, told the Californian.

Submitting another application would be expensive, especially considering the mining company dumped more than $10 million into the project already, Gary Johnson, a Granite official, told the newspaper.

The new application would need to be different from the original and include an environmental impact report, which takes time and money to produce.

The company was unsure whether it would do that, Johnson told the newspaper.

The project applications 4-1 by the in August, and the the decision last month.