JIGS HOLLOW GRAVEL PIT CONCERNS CONTINUE

Last week's Elmira Independent carried this story "Councillors reject request to reaffirm Jigs Hollow agreement". The agreement was in regards to "...minutes of settlement that had been approved by Woolwich council in 2012, that places a holding symbol on the pit, restricting it to extracting aggregate above the water table.". Local resident Della Strooboscher had asked council to reaffirm their earlier decision as a means to make their intentions clear to incoming council. The Township's director of Engineering, Dan Kennaley felt that that action could prove to be counterproductive. As it now stands any attempt by the gravel pit proponent to get approval for below water table extraction would require two years of hydrogeological study by the GRCA as well as a public meeting before Council would change the zoning.