THINK ABOUT THIS

For every 1 acre of land that is mined:

1 acre of farmland is lost - non renewable
1 acre of aggregate is lost - non renewable
land in the development area is paved over-once it is paved/built on, it never goes back to its original use

Do we need aggregate-yes, of course we do.

Do we need to be more thoughtful of the way in which aggregate is used?

Think about this: at the west end of Orangeville there is a mega grocery store, that used to be a Garden IGA (in the same plaza where the beer store is). It is sitting empty. It was occupied for less than 10 years. I wonder how much aggregate went into that little construction project.

The Dairy Queen at the east end of Orangeville-lease came due, Dairy Queen moved to a newly constructed building (wonder how much aggregate was used there) and their old location was bulldozed (wonder how much aggregate was used there).

These big box stores are constructed with about a 25 year life span.

Many of the houses that Highlands just bulldozed and burnt had stood for almost 100 years. Think about that.