The March 03, 2023 issue of the Ruidoso News published two Legal Notices submitted by Roper Construction, Inc. announcing its intent to apply to the New Mexico Environment Department for permits for a new aggregate crushing and screening plant and a new hot mix asphalt plant to be located just less than five miles southwest of Capitan, New Mexico. The published data indicates a land plot of approximately 146 acres which will incorporate the business's current gravel facility.
At a recent function hosted by Roper Construction, Inc. for the Lincoln County Home Builders Association, contractors agreed that his concrete product is a requisite commodity for continued development within Lincoln County. It is the current proposed location that has created the multi-million dollar conflict that has not only caused the ire of the immediately affected residents (many more than the 24 Mr. Roper eluded to in his presentation) but also the anger of the thousands (as documented in the NMED and Environment Improvement Board files) who find his punitive pursuit questionable. A major contractor asked directly why he simply doesn't relocate his intention to the area closest to his other business interests on the 146 acre tract he has access to which is a mere five miles from the proposed Alto location. Mr. Roper was evasive in his lack of response.
It has now been two years since Mr. Roper's purchase of the approximately six acre tract on the Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway along the Highway 220 corridor and 22 months since the first opposition letters were filed with NMED. Mr. Roper filed an appeal to NMED's denial of his permit as was and continues to be his right. He stated at the recent LCHBA that if the EIB upholds the denial, he will appeal again thus continuing his fiscal assault on the residents and property owners of the area.
So, the question remains, why doesn't he relocate to his more appropriate and established site?
Source:https://www.ruidosonews.com/story/opinion/2023/03/17/letters-to-the-editor-on-permit-applications-by-roper-construction/70013450007/
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