Final Denial of Quarry Could Be Postponed

The vote to finalize a decision that would block a planned quarry near Temecula might be postponed.

More time is needed to draft the documentation needed for the vote, according to a report for the .

"(Planning Department staff members) recommend additional time be granted to further draft project denial findings," the report reads.

To read the agenda for the upcoming meeting, click on the pdf file to the right.

The Riverside County Planning Commission denied the project in August to a standing ovation. To read about it,

The project aims to build an aggregate mine called Liberty Quarry in the hills just south of Temecula. To read about the plan,

Granite Construction, the company behind the quarry, vowed to appeal the decision, which would then fall in the lap of the county's board of supervisors. To read about the company's plan, .