The state will listen to neighbors concerns about a proposed concrete crushing facility in Wayne during a public hearing this week. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) will hold the online hearing on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. to determine whether the owner of the site can destroy wetlands on his property.

In May, many neighbors in Wayne told the 7 Investigators they were upset about the proposed concrete crushing facility.

Its nature. I bought my house based on where my kitchen window was located. I can look out my kitchen window, out into the forest and out into nature. And that was a huge selling point for me, Cheryl Bauman told 7 Investigator Heather Catallo.

Bauman said she was devastated when she learned the forested wetland behind he

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