Great article in today's Orangeville Banner.
"Although company spokesperson Lindsay Broadhead noted the number of actual trucks coming and going from the site would reflect demand, Highland’s application cites road capacity — as determined by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) — could accommodate 150 trucks entering and leaving the proposed quarry every hour.
“I mean 7,200 trucks a day on the road going up and down roads that are heavily travelled with vacationers — winter and summer — school buses, families that live there,” remarked Melancthon Mayor Bill Hill, who is also chair of Dufferin County’s public works committee. “It is obviously going to a concern.” (Thank YOU Mayor Hill, thank you..)
Broadhead said Highland has made no commitment as to how many trucks would use County Road 124 as a haul route, but noted the company is sensitive to maintaining the level of service the highway affords. For example, she said the company would finance further road improvements if it was ever projected to exceed 150 trucks per hour."
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1058482--county-weary-of-quarry-s-impact-on-roads
Well isn't that big of Highlands. Once THEIR trucks exceed 7,200 an hour (in and out) on County Road 124, in addition to the current traffic count, (including school buses, emergency vehicles) between 3,100 and 5,300 per day THEN they will pay for upgrades?
Seriously, they will use it as their own personal road, because no one else will, too dangerous, and WE, County taxpayers will pay.
Keep working for us at County, please Mayor Hill.
I have a friend who lives on Cty Road 124 and had a heart attack last year. The volunteer fire department was there in minutes and saved his life. Wonder how that will work with 7,200 trucks a day on that same road?
ReplyDeleteI live on Highway 89, and there are dozens of gravel trucks that pass-by my property every hour. I won't talk about the noise and the dust right now. What I WILL say is that all it takes is ONE damn truck,loaded with gravel and travelling forty kilometres an hour, to bring highway traffic to practically a dead stop. I once counted fifty cars trailing behind a loaded gravel truck, and every driver looked like his/her head was about to explode. The mind BOGGLES at the thought of THOUSANDS of these trucks on 124.....
ReplyDeleteHey August 18 @ 8:32 am, don't be a doubting thomas and negative nelly. According to Highlands the road can handle an additional 7,200 trucks per day, NO problemo.
ReplyDeleteA mega wind power project is also proposed, overlapping the proposed quarry site, but 3-4 times bigger.
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Imagine all the trucks and traffic that would take to transport all the materials to build those giant windmill?
hi this info really help me with my traffic quarry project. info: 7th grader
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