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Des Plaines shuts down concrete-crushing business

Posted November 17, 2008 10:00 pm

James Kane

Equipment is still on site of Earth Inc. on Touhy Avenue in Des Plaines, where a concrete-crushing operation was shut down last week. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Des Plaines last week shut down a concrete-crushing business operating at 351 W. Touhy Ave., Mike Spiel, deputy director of community development, said Monday.

Bensenville-based Earth Inc. was using the site to grind up concrete from O'Hare International Airport for reuse, he said. But Des Plaines doesn't allow concrete-crushing operations, he said.

"They can't do this kind of work in Des Plaines," he said. "It's noisy. You can feel the ground shake."

The fine for a violation is $150, Spiel said.

Spiel said he didn't know how long the work had been going on in the industrial area along Touhy Avenue, but that the city began investigating immediately after receiving a complaint last week. "It was the first time we heard of it," he said.

An official with Earth Inc. couldn't be immediately reached for comment.

This is the view from Touhy Avenue looking south at Earth Inc., where a concrete-crushing operation was shut down last week. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

This is the view from an adjoining business of a concrete-crushing business at 351 W. Touhy Ave. in Des Plaines that was shut down last week. Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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