Look what the Ontario Sand and Gravel Association is doing now...for us small people in Dufferin.
"There’s a concentrated effort underway to rehabilitate Dufferin’s abandoned pits and quarries, led by The Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation (TOARC) and funded by the industry." (Source: Orangeville Banner, June 16, 2010)
Read the entire article at:
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/834859--dufferin-s-abandoned-quarries-targeted-for-rehabilitation
And when you see the finished product, that being the rehabilitation of the 200 abandoned pits, make no mistake. These were gravel pits NOT 2,400 acre 200 foot open pit limestone mines that were rehabilitated. Those are the ones with the massive pumps running 24/7 to keep the tender fruit trees at the bottom of them from being submerged under 50 feet of water.
And since the aggregate industry is funding it and it will in all likelihood appear in their advertising campaign about how responsible they are, I suppose they can write it off as an advertising expense.
The article states these 200 pits became abandoned after the enactment of the Aggregate Resources Act in 1990. Seems a funny coincidence they are rehabilitating them now, don't you think?
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