Joe Burns

“Our third aggregate and bulk cargo dock is in Holland,†said Joe Burns, chief executive officer for Verplank Dock Co., Verplank Trucking Co., and Asphalt Paving, Inc. “It is situated on a seven-acre waterfront lot with a water depth of 21 feet and 700 feet of water front.

"Our third aggregate and bulk cargo dock is in Holland," said Joe Burns, chief executive officer for Verplank Dock Co., Verplank Trucking Co., and Asphalt Paving, Inc. "It is situated on a seven-acre waterfront lot with a water depth of 21 feet and 700 feet of water front By using the array of strategically positioned docks in three separate ports, the company is able to supply customers throughout the region, with truckloads-using Verplank Trucking's fleet of 20 doubles-shipped as far as 100 miles in any direction, noted Burns.

Various steel mills use limestone to pull impurities from their products, and then ship between 250,000 and 300,000 tons of leftover stone to Verplank Trucking Company in Ferrysburg, according to Verplank CEO Joe Burns.
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The company combines the material with composted leaves, branches and other yard waste hauled in by nearby city and townships, Burns said.

Verplank President Joe Burns said his company's proposal puts the SmartZone in the best position.

"The SmartZone is the most important development Muskegon has seen in years," Burns said."The SmartZone needs all of the assistance it can get to have the very best chance."

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Comments were heard from Joe Burns from Verplank Dock Co.

In weighing those proposals , commissioners also may consider the words of Joseph Burns , president of Verplank Dock Co. , which has an aggregate storage site across an inlet from Fisherman's Landing.

He told the commission that he has agreed to sell about 12 acres of land to the developers of the SmartZone on the former Teledyne property to allow that development to expand to accommodate its proposed office , commercial and residential uses.

But that wouldn't make sense , he said , if the Fisherman's Landing site was filled with piles of stored salt , rock and similar materials in plain of the new downtown development.

Left where it is , Burns said , Fisherman's Landing would make a good buffer between the SmartZone development and the port-type uses envisioned by the city's lakefront plan.

His company has purchased 53 acres of lakefront property from Consumers Energy Corp. between Fisherman's Landing and the B.C. Cobb generating plant , to be used for future aggregate storage.

Joseph Burns, CEO 705 2nd P.O. Box 8 Ferrysburg, MI 49409 Phone: (616) 842-1448 Fax: (616) 842-1506

Joseph Burns, President 705 2nd P.O. Box 8 Ferrysburg, MI 49409 Phone: (616) 842-1448 Fax: (616) 842-1506

Joe Burns, the manager of Verplank Dock and the co-owned Verplank Trucking Co., said his staff takes pride in their focus on recycling solutions.

"We see challenges and opportunities at the same time," he said.