JIGS HOLLOW GRAVEL PIT MAY COME BACK TO COUNCIL

Woolwich Council has raised the fee for amending zoning for gravel pits to $25,000. Unsurprisingly the Township received a letter from the lawyer for Preston Sand & Gravel stating that the new fee was unreasonable. Work on the Jigs Hollow Pit outside Winterbourne stopped last fall shortly after starting due to higher than expected groundwater levels. Hence the township expect that Preston Sand & Gravel will be back before Council asking this time for approval for below the water table extraction of gravel. This news is in today's Woolwich Observer and is a small article titled "Gravel pit fee hike OK'd by council".