Goodbyes are often hard. But there’s one goodbye I’m OK with: the day we finally say so long to the Lehigh Cement Plant and Quarry, a 3,500-acre property in the Cupertino foothills. That said, it w…
A cement truck makes a pickup at Lehigh Southwest Cement Permanente Plant near Cupertino in this file photo. Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian is hosting his ninth annual public meeting regarding the future of Lehigh on March 27 at Cupertino Community Hall.Goodbyes are often hard. But there’s one goodbye I’m OK with: the day we finally say so long to the Lehigh Cement Plant and Quarry, a 3,500-acre property in the Cupertino foothills.
When Lehigh submitted a proposal in 2019 to expand its mining operations, including chopping the top of the hillside at the existing quarry, I worked with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District , Cupertino city leaders, environmental groups and labor officials to protect the existing hillside protection easement and the hillside. Our message was clear: Don’t chop the top. Protect the hillsides. Honor existing commitments.
Next, I asked our department of planning and development and our county counsel’s office to conduct an audit of Lehigh’s environmental violations over the past decade. The result: more than 2,100 violations and millions of dollars in fines over the past 10 years.
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