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James Dick Construction Limited, Reid Road Reservoir Quarry Proposal

James Dick Construction Limited has filed an application for licence to reactivate a former sand and gravel pit located at 9210 Twiss Road at Reid Sideroad, Milton.

Formerly known as the Woodlawn Guelph Campbellville Pit / Campbellville Sand and Gravel quarry, the operation had its licence withdrawn in 2008.

Proposal: to operate a Class “A” (Category 1 & 2) pit/quarry below water

Location: Part of Lot 7, Concession 2, Geographic Township of Nassagaweya, Town of Milton, Regional Municipality of Halton, 1.5 kms west of the Hamlet of Campbellville at 9210 Twiss Road, between Twiss Road and First Line Nassagaweya, south of Highway 401.

Area: 83 ha site with 29.4 Ha (73 acres) extraction

Maximum Tonnage: 990,000 tonnes per year through underwater blasting / 20-year life expectancy

Haul Route: east/west along Reid Sideroad to Highway 401 via Guelph Line.

Underwater blasting to remove limestone bedrock (Amabel Dolostone)

Recycling site – asphalt and concrete materials, crushed aggregate (60,000 tonnes storage of unblended imported material)

Proponent’s website

Opponent’s website www.reidroadquarry.com

Also Association of Citizens Together in Our Nassageweya (ACTION) (George Minakakis) (actionmilton.ca)

Broad concerns about creating new aggregate operations or expanding existing sites are: consolidated impacts of local aggregate operations, affect on water quality, direct community impacts, healthcare, loss of long-term jobs, blasting impact (fly rock, accidents, property damage) and explosives transportation/storage (where used), heavy truck traffic, dust, loss of air quality, noise pollution, greenspace impact, wildlife impact, impact on fish, potential to take water, operational life cycle, rehabilitation plan, tax implications and future-use (planning vs reality).

Specific concerns include impacts of impacts on well water, air quality, dust, traffic congestion, noise, financial impact. Of particular concern is the proposed underwater blasting, which could potentially open pathways that allow surface toxins to contaminate groundwater, blasting could impact Kelso wells, and private wells of residents, emissions from blasting could result in air pollution, in addition to impacting wildlife and wetlands, and fly-rock from blasting could cause property damage and/or personal injury. (article)

“The company is proposing to use an un-tested and un-proven underwater extraction process for source water mitigation, which is of grave concern. The opening and operation of this quarry may negatively affect wells and water sources, environment, housing prices, traffic and much more.” (source)

Approval Process

Quarry licence application under Aggregate Resources Act (ARA)

Project-specific proposal to designate and exempt the proposed Reid Road Reservoir Quarry in Milton under the Environmental Assessment Act (ERO #019-2876)

Town of Milton approval (objection letter filed)

Regional Municipality of Halton approval (objection letter filed)

Halton Region Conservation Authority approval (objection letter filed)

Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks approval

Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) Aggregate Resources Act licence granted or deferred to LPAT

Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) (about)

Permit To Take Water

Sewage permit

Air permit

Timeline (chronological order)

Date	Event
2018-08-02	2-year (maximum) notification and consultation period begins. Extended to 2021-01-29 due to province’s pandemic response. (source) Notice of Application in local newspaper, Milton Champion.
2018-08	Proposal presented to Halton Region, which filed a letter of objection. Deadline September 17, 2018.
2018-08-29	Public Information Session at Reid Road Reservoir quarry site, 9210 Twiss Road, Campbellville (source)
2018-09-24	ERO 013-3690 ARA Application: Instrument type: Issuance of a licence to remove over 20,000 tonnes of aggregate annually from a pit or a quarry
2018-11-08	Public comment period deadline for Environmental Bill of Rights comments (013-3690)
2019-05-08	ACTION Community Meeting (source)
2019-05-14	ACTION Community raises $100,000 (source)
2019-05-22	20-day deadline for follow-up to Proponent’s reply to initial objections.
	ERO 019-2876 Project-specific proposal to designate and exempt the proposed Reid Road Reservoir Quarry in Milton under the Environmental Assessment Act

NEWS (reverse chronological order)

Date	Source	Title	Comment
2020-08-05	Orilliamatters.com	LETTER: Ramara group asks Ford to denounce quarry bid	“I am not in favour of that. I believe in governing for the people. And when the people don’t want something you don’t do it. It’s very simple. I know the Mayor he don’t want it, no one wants it. I don’t want it. We are going to make sure it doesn’t happen one way or another”. Doug Ford
2019-05-16	InHalton.com / QuickBiteNews.com	Some Residents are Furious with the Campbellville Reid Road Quarry Proposal	Paige Petrovsky
2019-05-14	TheSpec.com	Community raises $100,000 to fight proposed quarry in Milton	Bambang Sadewo
2019-05-01	JudiPartridge.ca	ACTION Community Meeting May 8 to Fight Proposed Campbellville Quarry	Judi Partridge
2018-09-11	FlamboroughReview.com	Town of Milton sending letter to Ontario ministry objecting to Twiss Road quarry	Tim Whitnell
2018-10-09	FlamboroughReview.com	Flamborough residents concerned about proposed Milton quarry	Mac Christie
2018-08-18	InsideHalton.com	Twiss Road quarry bid has councillor concerned	Julie Slack
2007-04-24	InsideHalton.com	Man's body discovered in Campbellville quarry pond	Burlington Post

More Information:

Proponent: James Dick Construction (www.jamesdick.com)

Opposition:

Association of Citizens Together in Our Nassagaweya (ACTION Milton Community)

www.reidroadquarry.com

GoFundMe.com

APPENDICES

https://awareontario.nfshost.com/AWARE-Ontario/Issues/Aggregate_Milton/Campbellville%20Overview.htm