Petition Tag - quarry

Griffith City Council wants to build a much bigger and expanded quarry that will eventually be operated 7 days a week (blasting) with major impacts on, landowners and residences in the tharbogang and lake wyangan areas. They then want to use the fractured and stressed quarry beds to support an expanded landfill.

This will probably mean:

-more intense and frequent vibrations (proposed blasting 7 days a week by 2030 or thereabouts)

-more dust and toxic particulate matter (what impact will these have on children, pregnant women and the elderly and the sufferers of asthma and other health problems)

-more chances for groundwater and soil contamination in surrounding properties

-the visual impact of having the eastern side of the ridge, the side facing lake wyangan, our top tourist and recreational facility, removed. It currently looks scarred but the proposed development will be much worse.

-potential smells and other nuisance such as flying plastic bags.

-increased traffic

-potentialy dangerous pits with their bottoms filled with enough water to attract curious children.

-the reduction in value of our surrounding properties. By gaining approval for this development council will devalue the properties surrounding it. Bigger exclusion zones will be imposed restricting what you can do on your land just because they decided to expand their operations.

-adjoining landowners and those within a specified radius of the development may have added requirements for building a dwelling. You might have council impose the inclusion of double glaze windows or stronger foundations to withstand the constant blasting that is being proposed down the track.

-existing landowners may find that their da application for subdivision or rezoning may not be looked at favourably by council due to councils own competing interests.

-most certainly future subdivision applications will not be looked at in the same light should this development proceed.

-where will town be in 50 years, i bet there will be a lot many more people living around the ridge in both tharbogang and lake wyangan. These people will suffer like the people of west end do with lavenders bend (the current problem sewage treatment plant for the non-locals).

This will be approved if we dont do anything to prevent it.

This sort of development deserves to be well out of town away from residences and industries that may be compromised by leaks of contaminated groundwater, leachate and particulate matter.

See more at www.no-quarry-expansion.com

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Please sign this petition to protect the health, safety and ecology in Freetown.

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Raymond, NH is a quaint little town offering several beautiful scenic locations and is truly a spectacular recreation area with exquisite wildlife.

A proposal has been submitted by Thibeault Sand & Gravel to quarry along Route 27 on land totaling more than 200 acres. The proposal states that up to 150 trucks that weigh 48 tons will make round trips on Route 27 each day. This will impact the town’s people significantly with increased noise, truck traffic and potential for blasting accidents.

Nearby property values will plummet, noise will disrupt our lives as both dynamite blasting and the continuous rock blasting will be heard. Blasting will send vibrations through the ground which may lead to multiple house damages; cracked floors and cracked foundations, to damage from flying rocks. This will also cause damage to our wells and local lakes. There will be a high rock cliff created that will be a danger to neighborhood children as well as the reduction of animal habitat. The land is home to a diversity of wildlife that will be forced to relocate. Finally, this immediate area is home to the future water supply for the town of Raymond and the proposed quarry operation will jeopardize its safety.

Let us come together to fight this operation from occurring in our town!!

Say No to quarry,
Save our town's glory!

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