News Stories:

Cranston Herald 2/27/08

Providence Journal 2/14/08

Providence Journal 2/08/08

Providence Journal 2/02/08


Letters from Our Supporters:

Toxics Action Center

Letters from Residents to the Mayor

Letters from Residents to DEM

Friends of the Pawtuxet

Bethany Cemetary

CCRZD Letter to Mayor Laffey (October 2006)


Health Facts:

How The Cranston Concrete Will Affect You

OSHA Fact Sheet on Crystalline Silica Learn more about one of the substances released by the cement plant accident in Boston.


Cranston Public City Meeting Minutes:

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Press Releases:

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WHAT YOU CAN DO: Get involved!
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Email Us or call 401-223-4800.
2 Make a donation to support our legal defense fund.
3 Read our letter to Cranston residents and complete the volunteer form.
4 Print our citizens petition to the City of Cranston and collect signatures.

Announcements & Events

Quoting an article written by Laura Lee Costello in the January 02, 2008

Cranston Herald:

He (Napolitano)called the $1.9 million “a small price to pay to protect the health and quality of life of the people of Cranston and to preserve our open space.”

Napolitano expressed his hope that the property could be preserved as open space, and converted into a park, complete with walkways and canoe launches.

 Note to viewers of this web site:

Let us all keep an eye on this goal and ensure this property becomes nothing less, and nothing more than “ open space.”

Facts At A Glance

Project Location:
The concrete plant would be sited off of Pontiac Avenue, on Marine Dr., adjacent to the CLCF sports park. This project is located in a flood plain, in a designated wetlands and two rivers: the Pocasset and the Pawtuxet.

The Pocasset is all that separates the concrete plant from the adjacent CLCF sports field, where children play and practice sports every day. The river itself feeds into the Pawtuxet, which also borders the Cullion facility and continues out to the Narragansett Bay.

Project borders Eden Park & Garden City neighborhoods

Download our flyer that shows just how close the plant is to places where children and families congregate.

Get Google Earth to determine precisely how close your home is to the plant site.

This Project Will:

  • Lower property values (even though your taxes increased!!!)
  • Hurt local businesses
  • Create more noise and traffic congestion on Pontiac Avenue and abutting streets
  • Put your family’s health and safety at risk
  • Cause environmental damage…
  • Increase air & noise pollution
  • Put the Pawtuxet & Pocasset Rivers at risk
  • Threaten wildlife that has been found migrating into our neighborhoods: deer, fox, coyote, wild turkeys and smaller animals.

Photos & Video

Click to view aerial photos.   City Hall Rally, October 10.
    Concerned citizens rally at Cranston City Hall on October 10.
     
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