MC2 hosts quarry meeting

Mono Mulmur Coalition, or MC2, will hold a public information session about Strada’s quarry application on Saturday, Oct. 18

A number of citizen groups are calling on the community to submit comments on the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) application submitted by Strada Aggregates for a quarry operation within its existing 360-acre sand and gravel pit, before the Nov. 17 deadline.

The quarry extraction area is 65.7 hectares, equivalent to 110 Canadian football fields. The holding capacity of trenches and ponds is 1.7 billion litres, equivalent to 640 Olympic swimming pools. Key concerns include noise, air quality, traffic and the impact on the water table.

Saturday’s panel will include Mulmur Mayor Janet Horner, Melancthon Against Quarries representative Larry Taman, Susan Lloyd-Swail with Reform Gravel Mining Coalition; Melancthon community member Vera Odette, and MC2 representatives Stephen Middleton and Don MacFarlane.

Everyone is encouraged to attend. The meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon at Mulmur’s town hall, 758070 2 Line E.