The City Council of Cranston, R.I., has approved an ordinance banning new cement and asphalt plants in the city, according to a report in the Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.).
The ordinance was drafted following complaints from a West Cranston neighborhood over a rock crushing and cement mixing operation proposed by D’Ambra Construction Co., Warwick, R.I.
The law was approved unanimously, according to the report.