The limestone Bayer Construction mines out of the Crest Quarry, near 2400 Avenue and Vane Road, provides raw material for the concrete used in roads, sidewalks, and foundations around Fort Riley, Geary, Dickinson and surrounding counties.
Bayer does the quarrying on property owned by Jim and Ranie McLaughlin and leased by David Walker. With the exception of a few years when Martin Marietta stepped in, Walker has been involved with the quarry in some form or another for more than five decades.
Now, he and Randy Hattesohl, vice president of materials at Bayer Construction, say it is time to expand the operation to a new quarter section of the land. However, they ran into a snag.
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