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1â€" fl f July 16, 2003 ITnr INDEPENDENT o A member of Valley Voices, rnmmmemmememememmmmemmenmemmemmmemeemmmemmmemu NEWS mm mm . the group formed last month a s to fight the proposed pit, said Shelter Valley pit meeting draws ctgens Aoepataes Josephs said the operation _ like this use hundreds of thouâ€" would involve digging up _ sands of litres of water. David £ sand and gravel, and using a Holdsworth, a science profesâ€" One un re an eO e portable processing unit to sor at the University of wash and screen the aggre« Western Ontario in London by SOPHIE KNEISEL tonnes from the pit annually, _ Cramahe _ Mayor _ Jim _ idents should not be ignored. gate. It would not involve conâ€" (who owns the building lot The Independent said _ James Parkin of Williams, Deputy Mayor Lee â€"â€" "The safety factor is the crete batching or asphalt manâ€" _ directly across the road from About 150 people crammed _ MacNaughton Hemsen Britton _ Dekeyser and Councillor Tim â€" main thing," Dekeyser said ufacturing, _ _ the proposed pit}, also pointed into _ Alnwickâ€"Haldimand‘s Clarkson Planning Limited Post were on hand to repreâ€" yesterday. "These roads are Although the rezoning is out that sound propagation in council _ chambers _ last â€" (MHBC), who was speaking on _ sent Cramahe residents who _ not designed to carry these big & necessary for the proposal to â€" a valley is very complicated, Wednesday night to protest behalf of SVA, the Ruthben _ will be affected by truck traffic trucks. Who‘s going to pay for go ahead, lhe‘Pl’OPCfly is des â€" and it would be difficult to : the gravel pit proposed for Holdings company formed to _ on their roads, Pipeline Road _ road upgrades?" 1gnalevt’iA as "aggregate reâ€" gauge the noise level neighâ€" Shelter Valley. When one develop the pit. and County Road 25 in particâ€" Dekeyser agreed _ with source . in the province S 9ffl- bours would experience. speaker asked how many _ To date, the planning comâ€" â€" ular, Mayor Finley that it would be cial plan, so a gravel pit is a In answer to questions were there to support the plan, _ pany has focussed on meeting Williams told the crowd _ much better to keep negotiatâ€" permitted use under the plan. _ about his study of sound from only one hand went up, and it _ criteria of the provincial govâ€" that Cramahe Council had â€" ing with SVA to try to win Clerk/administrator Terry _ the operation, Bruce Johnston was quickly withdrawn when _ ernment and various agencies. passed a resolution opposing . concessions, rather than letâ€" Korotki read the comments of Aercoustics Engineering the woman realized she‘d mis As indicated by Korotki‘s the development at their ting the matter go to the from various ministries and â€" said there will be noise, but understood the question. report to council, most of meeting the night before. Ontario Municipal Board agencies, none of which â€" the level of it will fall within The mood was generally these criteria seem to have Although the neighbouring _ (OMB) for a decision. appeared to have serious conâ€" _ MNR guidelines. upbeat, with Mayor Bill Finley _ been met with various studies _ township‘s council has no say "I would rather work the cerns: Trans Canac}a Pipelines, Several speakers said the calling hecklers to order after _ commissioned by the planner. in whether the proposal goes â€" issue rather than throw our which has two highâ€"pressure _ ability to sell property in the only a few outbursts. Design of the site is now ahead, Williams said yesterâ€" â€" hands up and go to the OMB," pipelines bordering the propâ€" _ area is already being affected Finley said the public meetâ€" _ underway, Parkin said. day he felt the concerns of resâ€" _ Finley said yesterday. erty, requested an additional _ by the proposal. ing, which started at 8 p.m., _ He went through a long list â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" en zo days to comment, and _ Dianna Richard of Valley would go until midnight if â€" indicating that the extraction Trent Hills Conservation had _ Voices spoke for all the chilâ€" necessary. In fact, it wrapped _ operation would have no sigâ€" 8 prepared a fourâ€"page report . dren who wait for the bus, and up about 130. nificant impact on, among A detailing its concerns and _ ride their bikes and horses on "Anybody I‘ve talked to felt _ other things, groundwater levâ€" requirements for adding to the Shelter Valley Road. She we gave them time to express . els, natural heritage or fish "environmental control zones" . described in detail the bus â€" their feelings," Finley told The â€" habitat. And the property has on the property. stops, how many children Independent yesterday. no significant historic, prehisâ€" Korotki noted that up until would be waiting at them "(But) I think we‘re looking _ toric or cultural sites, he said. 4 p.m. that day, the municipalâ€" _ along the frequently foggy at beyond the 45 days (the "The licensing process is ity had received 88 letters _ route, and what the truck drivâ€" period required to be allowed _ long and complicated, and we about the development. â€" ers would be doing as they for comment after a public â€" are just at the beginning of it," SVA is applying to the _ drove the fully loaded, potenâ€" meeting, which will be up â€" Parkin said, adding that July Ministry of Natural Resources _ tially 40â€"tonne vehicles passed Aug. 23), he said, adding that 2t is the last day to object to for a licence to take 500,000 . these stops. Shelter Valley Aggregates Ltd., _ the licencing application SVA e o e eaaene e aanasnsane the company proposing the â€" has submitted to MNR. pit, probably does not want to About 10 people had quesâ€" push the matter forward _ tions relating specifically to y either, at this point. Parkin‘s _ presentation. One Alnwickâ€"Halidmand counâ€" _ woman who asked about the cillors have still not formally _ source of the water to be used ’ discussed the proposal, and for dust control on the pit‘s Finley said that would be their _ roads and for washing the next step. aggregate, was told it might The township‘s planner, be trucked in. "(And) there is a Peter Josephs, explained the . possibility of a future applicaâ€" purpose of the byâ€"aw under _ tion for waterâ€"taking," Parkin consideration, which would see _ admitted. 1 the 14oâ€"acre property on Turk M Rd, owned by local businessâ€" man Ben Peters, rezoned from rural to extractive industrial.