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Chris La Tray's avatar

My little country road, which I would love to walk but don't dare because of gigantic pickup traffic, is going to be further overrun by dump trucks given the TWO gravel pit mines that are seeking permits. Walking (and bicycling) and the Commons have everything to do with each other. It's very frustrating.

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Antonia Malchik's avatar

It drives me NUTS. The way we expect to use our world (most of us anyway) makes it so hard to be a human being, much less a human walking or biking.

Do you think the mines will get permitted? An asphalt plant permit next to an existing gravel pit just got turned down here -- surprisingly because I don't expect that kind of thinking from our particular county commissioners.

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Chris La Tray's avatar

My cynical tendency is inclined to think that yes, they will be permitted provided the applicants meet all the requirements. There is work to be done on that front, but these people are nothing if not persistent. What gets me is these things just scoot along under the radar with no real engagement with the people who live around these potential sites. I hate it.

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Antonia Malchik's avatar

I'm with you. I hate it, too, and it seems like the scales are always weighted in favor of those who want to extract and profit, over those who just want to live.

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