By Staff
January 31st, 2020
BURLINGTON, ON
Yard by yard the proposal to expand the size of the Nelson Aggregate Quarry in rural Burlington moves forward. The company has been about as transparent as one can be.
They have held a number of public meetings, arranged for public tours of the site and put a lot of data and renderings on the web site they maintain.
They are now moving to the pre-application consultation meeting and are inviting anyone interested.
The Notice of Meeting is being mailed to residents within 350 meters of the proposed site. In their media release they say “we will do more than that, though.”
People are invited to attend an Open House where they will have the opportunity to view the plans that will be submitted for the Nelson Quarry expansion application, ask questions and share your comments with City staff and representatives from Nelson Aggregates.
The light grey area is the existing quarry. The dark grey areas, one to the west of the existing quarry and one to the south are lands acquired by Nelson Aggregates.
For those unable to attend the meeting, a copy of the presentation and display panels is available at mtnemoquarrypark.com/technical-documents.
Questions and comments can also be submitted through the website.
Further Open Houses will take place over the course of the year.
The quarry is also open to the public every Thursday from noon until 3pm for personal tours or to meet with Nelson to discuss on-going operations or the proposed expansion.
Date: Feb. 18, 2020
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm Drop-in session, with a chance to view display panels and talk one-on-one with Nelson staff and City Representatives
6:30pm-8pm — Public presentation and Q&A Location: Burlington Springs Golf Course Clubhouse 5235 Cedar Springs Rd., Burlington ON
Artists rendering of what the existing quarry site will look like once it is turned into a park.
Nelson Quarry will be submitting applications under the Aggregate Resources Act, Planning Act and Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act to expand the existing quarry on lands located to the south of its current operations at 2433 No. 2 Sideroad, and on the site of the current Burlington Springs Golf Course, which is adjacent to the quarry.
The proposed changes will allow for the expansion of the quarry as Burlington’s main source of limestone aggregate for construction. Concurrent with quarry expansion, Nelson proposes that rehabilitated portions of the quarry will be turned into parkland that would form the largest park in Burlington at nearly 1,000 acres. Nelson encourages members of the community to attend the quarry on Thursday afternoons for a tour of the rehabilitated areas to discuss the long-term vision for the property.
Questions or requests for more information in advance of the meeting cabe sent to:
admin@mtnemoquarrypark.com or go to mtnemoquarrypark.com
In our conversations with the people who manage the public meetings we have been told that they have yet to meet with the ward Councillor (ward 3) Rory Nisan even though they have told Nisan that there is an open invitation.
Nisan has said that he doesn’t want to hear what the quarry people have to say.
Astounding comment.
Related news stories:
Nelson Quarry announces plans to turn site into a park once it is mined out.
Quarry arranges for bus tours into the site.
Locals don’t like the look of the plans; ward Councillor doesn’t have much to say.
Nisan does not understand history re. initial approval by city and region required sales contract of houses to be upfront re. quarry rights. As a Councillor one must get both sides of the story. City and Region failed to follow up on their initial requirements of approval and now we have this mess. for quarry owner and Burlington residents who bought houses without appropriate notice of the owner’s stated intention. Heart goes out to residents Anne’s home was above an anhydrite mine all her life before we married and the blasting even that far down was not pleasant.