SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): A group of residents in the Modeste area of Ascension Parish have sent a letter to Hyundai Steel, expressing concerns that the new steel mill will cause the destruction of historic and cultural sites.
Rural Roots Louisiana, a nonprofit environmental justice organization in Donaldsonville, provided a copy of the letter with a news release.
"We refuse to let Modeste disappear without being seen, heard and defended," Ashley Gaignard, president of the organization, said in the release.
She pointed out that Hyundai issued a statement in the fall affirming its commitment to historic and cultural preservation in the area.
By Paul Ploumis