Group fails to gather enough signatures for Fort Collins asphalt plant ordinance
The group Citizens Against Asphalt Toxins has failed to collect enough valid signatures to place a measure on the April 7 Fort Collins ballot that would have barred the city from doing business with the Martin Marietta Materials asphalt plant at 1800 N. Taft Hill Road.
The Coloradoan reports that city clerk Wanda Nelson certified the shortfall this week. CAAT needed 2,604 signatures. Specifically, the group’s ordinance would have blocked Fort Collins “from buying asphalt from any plant within a mile of a school, medical center, child-care facility, or recreation area.”
Despite the failed petition drive, a Martin Marietta official told the Coloradoan that negotiations with CAAT, which is concerned about the plant’s air-quality impacts, will continue.
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The group Citizens Against Asphalt Toxins has failed to collect enough valid signatures to place a measure on the April 7 Fort Collins ballot that would have barred the city from doing business with the Martin Marietta Materials asphalt plant at 1800 N. Taft Hill Road.