Border Paving meeting held Nov. 28 saw a audience of perhaps 75. The audience was composed of most of the landowners within close proximity of the proposed wet gravel pit, several downstream landowners, business owners located along the stream, Trout Unlimited representatives from Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, Alberta F&G, Alberta Conservation Association, Red Deer Watershed Alliance & Butte Action Committee, plus a number of interested Anglers, landowners and county residents.
Border Paving had their Hydrologist Consultants, fisheries consultant, plus in-house staff presenting info.
1) As expected, water and how to protect the North Raven River from potential effects on the stream was the major focus of the audience. The Hydrologist presented his findings which the audience felt meager at best. Many expressed the view of why risk the stream. This section of the meeting used perhaps 70% of the 2 hour session.
2) Border provided “story boards” showing pit locations, exactions, end pit lakes and the like
3) Border outlined a desire to combine applications for both pits as requested by Dept. of Environment.
4) Road use, anticipated use of the pit, operating hours were all detailed.
5) As part of the application process, attendees could sign in for further info sent to them, use a response sheet provided by Border. All responses sent or recorded become part of tbe package provided to the County
For those who wished to comment on the application, please see previous post for letters.
Regards,
Don
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