BY DARRELL HALEN

A proposal to build a 100-by-40-foot concrete batch plant is scheduled to be reviewed again by the Pelham Planning Board on Monday, Oct. 1.

Nashua Redimix is seeking approval to build the facility at the Keating Quarry located on Route 38 at the Dracut, Mass., line.

The plan has prompted some residents and businessmen near the quarry to raise concerns about increases in dust and noise, impacts to water, and heavy truck traffic.

Some Shannon Circle residents have complained that dust generated by current quarry operations is blowing to their homes.

Norman Sage, who lives on Shannon Circle, said one of his concerns is the impact to traffic on Route 38, which is already heavily traveled, by approximately 80 additional vehicle trips to and from the quarry if the plant is built.

“That’s a major impact alone,” he said.

Sage said he is already affected by the quarry. Because of dust that blows over from it, he has to keep windows on the back side of his house closed during summers and frequently vacuums dust from his swimming pool.

Planning Board minutes indicate that company representatives are trying to address concerns raised by the town.

The proposed plant would use a central dust collector that would capture almost all of the dust, company representatives told the board last summer. Gravel surfacing in unpaved areas would also reduce dust, they said.

The meeting, which begins at 7 p.m., will be held at Town Hall.