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Old 03-11-2024, 07:21 PM
 
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This could have seriously injured or killed someone; apparently the company has been cited before for safety issues:

https://www.wral.com/story/construct...-raleigh-roof/
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Old 03-12-2024, 09:02 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Fixing the link for your - wral changed the address. Only thing worse than all the construction in the area is those stupid large dump trucks carrying gravel and other heavy Earth on 40/440/540, spitting stuff out the back onto our cars.


Construction blasts send rock through Raleigh roof
https://www.wral.com/story/construct...roof/21323721/
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Old 03-12-2024, 03:00 PM
 
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Fixing the link for your - wral changed the address. Only thing worse than all the construction in the area is those stupid large dump trucks carrying gravel and other heavy Earth on 40/440/540, spitting stuff out the back onto our cars.


Construction blasts send rock through Raleigh roof
https://www.wral.com/story/construct...roof/21323721/
Thank you!
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Old 03-13-2024, 06:31 AM
 
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Some of those nearby homes could also have serious unseen structural impacts or damage caused by the blasting.
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Old 03-13-2024, 01:13 PM
 
Location: Carrboro, NC
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Typical NIMBYs standing in the way of affordable housing for the greater public good.
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Old 03-17-2024, 05:23 PM
 
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Looks like this thread is off to a rocky start.
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