Neighbours on outskirts of Thunder Bay, Ont., concerned over proposed quarry
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A rural neighbourhood on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, Ont., has concerns over a proposal only a handful of property owners were originally told about.
RJ Concrete and Construction wants to develop a quarry on its property at the west end of Melbourne Road, just off of Dog Lake Road.
The creation of new gravel pits in quarries in the Lappe area, just north of the city and this proposed quarry, has created tensions between construction companies and property owners.
RJ Concrete has owned the property for a couple of years, where its concrete plant sits. Now, it wants to take an unlimited amount of rock out of an old quarry.
Adam Grant, who lives adjacent to the proposed site, said provincial regulations required only a few neighbours to be notified, because of the distance between lots. He is part of a small group of neighbours who wanted to make sure others who live in the semi-rural area were aware of the proposal.
Grant said while RJ Concrete and Construction does have to go through a permitting process, he is worried about contamination to his well, along with noise from the site.
"Being a historical industrial site, there's the possibility of contamination buried in there that once you start blasting, or increasing your water volume up there, we can unleash some pretty bad things."
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