The county government's competition with local private enterprise became an issue Monday when the BoCC approved its first gravel pit Specific Development application in two years.

Two million cubic yards of gravel from the Cook Pit on 25 Mesa Road will be used on the county's own projects.

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The county commissioners on May 1 heard additional testimony on the Specific Development application by Western Slope Layers, the 15,000-hen egg laying facility which is now operating on Powell Mesa.

Western Slope Layers' application was first submitted to the county over two years ago.

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