At our May 2023 community meeting, we provided general information about what a quarry is and does, and how this particular quarry proposal would affect each of us, now and for decades to come. 

The full presentation can be seen here.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Quarry versus Pit: blasting, flyrock, air quality, noise

Below water = need dry workspace = water being pumped into the Credit River 

Water issues: turbidity and temperature for fish, loss of safe drinking water, cumulative effects

Size: huge! 798 acres, from Mississauga Road to Credit River, from Cataract up to just below Osprey Valley Golf Course, and 80 feet deep

Destruction of woodlands

Traffic: at peak times, 60 to 75 trucks per hour

Hours of operation: 23 hours a day, 6 days a week

Rehabilitation: actually 3 gigantic holes forever, filled with our drinking water exposed to contamination and evaporation