Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Residents are concerned about ground water contamination and other environmental factors if the permits for the site on Jacoby Road are approved.
Brighton Township residents packed Township Hall Tuesday night to share their concerns about a site plan proposal to resume mining and fill activities at the gravel pit on Jacoby Road, west of Kensington Road. The gravel pit has been abandoned since 2009 when the property owner Sunset Sand & Gravel went out of business. Clearwater Development, LLC, purchased the property in April and has filed for permits to resume mining and filling activities on the site. Township resident Gerald Putt said his biggest concern is contaminating the aquifer, which would then contaminate his well which is just down the road from the site. "We have scarred a bunch of the township - a big area - with these gravel pits," Putt said. "If you drive by there, and …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at Township Hall.
Brighton Township Manager Brian Vick and Attorney John Harris will host a public meeting at Township Hall Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the controversial proposal to begin mining the gravel pit at Jacoby Road, west of Kensington Road. The meeting will not be a Board of Trustees meeting. The Brighton Township Planning Commission voted last July to recommend approval to the Township Board to award extraction and fill permits to Clearwater Development LLC. The issue has not yet been before the board. The township had a joint planned development agreement with the former property owner Sunset Gravel, to develop part of the land into a park, but was never done. Sunset sold the property earlier last year. Township residents packed …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Residents are concerned about ground water contamination and other environmental factors if the permits for the site on Jacoby Road are approved.
The Brighton Township Board of Trustees meeting was standing room only Monday night, as resident after resident spoke against the proposal to reopen the gravel pit on Jacoby Road, west of Kensington Road. The topic, although not on the agenda Monday night, has been a cause of concern for residents for several weeks. The Brighton Township Planning Commission voted in July to recommend approval to the Township Board to award extraction and fill permits to Clearwater Development LLC. The issue has not yet gone before the board and no date has been scheduled for the topic to appear on an agenda. The township had a joint planned development agreement with the former property owner Sunset Gravel, to develop part of the land into a park, but was …
Wolfgang
4:33 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
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