A long review of an asphalt plant and quarry proposed for Gorham continued Monday after planners and several residents Sunday visited the site on Mosher Road.

Susan Robie, chairwoman of the planning board, has been cautious that all comments are public. “Please don’t ask planning board members individual questions,” Susan Robie, chairwoman of the board, told the gathering Sunday.

Gorham-based Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. is asking for permission for a multi-million asphalt plant and quarry. Danny Shaw, co-owner of the construction company, and engineer Walt Stinson of Sebago Technics, briefed the turnout for the site walk about the project

The company bought the bulk of the 125-acre site zoned industrial from Lachance Brick Company, which retained its buildings and a few acres. “This is an industrial piece of land,” Shaw said Sunday.

But to ease complaints of neighbors, the company is offering to place the asphalt plant 280 feet behind the buildings of Lachance Brick Company, farther away from Mosher Road and Queen Street. The asphalt plant was originally planned next to the Queen Street side of Lachance’s buildings.

Stinson said the plant would be 700 feet away from Mosher Road and 2,000 feet from the Gateway Commons residential development.

A neighbor, Floyd Libby, Queen Street, asked Sunday about noise. But Shaw said all noise standards would be met at property lines of abutters.

The construction company introduced its proposal to Gorham last year and since opponents have packed planning board and town council hearings about the proposal.

Generating fears of the impact on health, traffic and noise, the proposal has drawn heat from nearby residents of Gateway Commons, Mosher Road and the Queen Street area. Neighbors with concerns about their wells but haven’t been contacted can call the construction company, Shaw said Sunday.

Operating after normal business hours has also been a concern. “I don’t see us operating much at night,” said Shaw, who wants permission for night operation because he sees an increase in nighttime paving in 20 years.

About 25 people attended the first site walk in a heavy rain last fall.

Cutline (asphalt site Libby)