As the Madera County Planning Commission prepares to consider the Madera Ranch Inc. proposal for a rock quarry operation in the foothills of Madera County, two additional companies have notified county officials of their intent to develop quarries in the same general area of the county.
Vulcan Materials Company, the nation's leading producer of construction aggregates, is planning to operate the Austin Quarry on 356 acres of a 671-acre parcel on the southwest corner of highways 41 and 145.




