Promises still open
Landscape screening required within 30 days of the 2016 approval is still unbuilt. The applicant now calls it “behind schedule,” with completion pushed to fall 2027 / spring 2028, and the tied “iconic fence” to 2028–29.
Summit County • CUP PLN26-004
15 more years next door
Quikrete is asking Summit County to allow the gravel mine to become an asphalt plant in the Lower Blue Valley. In 2016, the surrounding community did not exist. Today, 240 homes do. Dog parks. Public park. Sledding hill. Disc golf. Picnic area. Soccer fields. Hiking trails. Lake. Next to the Blue River and Key migration routes. Why should we allow this?
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acres of gravel mine and concrete/asphalt plant
240
homes adjacent today — none of them here in 2016
450 vs 670
daily truck trips: county cap vs. state permit estimate
15 years
the term Quikrete is asking for, up from 10
What's actually being decided
A permit for a use that was never supposed to be permanent
The original business model for this site was gravel mining — and mines have a defined end date. Conditional use permits here have historically been short: five-year terms in 1996 and 2001, then a 10-year term approved in 2016 that expires September 1, 2026. Quikrete Construction Materials is now asking for a 15-year renewal of CUP PLN26-004, but what it is really seeking is permission to keep a concrete and asphalt plant running in perpetuity long after the gravel is gone.
Quikrete acquired the site from Summit Materials only in 2025 — a brand-new operator with no track record in this valley — and over the 15 months since has already failed to comply with the existing permit conditions. The request is also inconsistent with the Lower Blue Master Plan, which envisions a winding-down mine and eventual reclamation, not a permanent regional batch plant. When the 2016 permit was approved, this neighborhood did not yet exist; today 240 homes would be governed by a 15-year term they were never part of reviewing. Quikrete is asking Summit County to let the gravel mine and asphalt plant beside our homes keep operating for another 15 years. In 2016, this neighborhood did not exist. Today, 240 homes do. dog park, a 9-hole disc golf course, a picnic pavilion, a sledding hill, two multi-use fields for soccer, etc., a public hiking trail, and a lake
Read the full breakdown of the issuesThree things worth knowing
Numbers that disagree
The county permit caps 450 loaded truck trips a day. The separate state highway-access permit anticipates 670 daily vehicle trips, including 520 trucks over 30 feet — with no proposed change.
Noise left undefined
The application cites an 80/75 dB(A) industrial standard. Colorado's residential standard is 55/50. No document says which applies at the property line, or where it would be measured.
Our mission
Friends of Maryland Creek is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the families, wildlife, and natural resources of the Lower Blue River Valley. We stand united to defend our neighborhood from industrial overdevelopment, actively opposing the Quikrete gravel mine and asphalt permit extensions. Through legal advocacy, public mobilization, and rigorous environmental oversight, we demand responsible land use, clean air, and the absolute protection of the Maryland Creek watershed from corporate pollution.