Lafarge Goodwood Pit Extension: Community Information Hub
Ensuring Sustainable Aggregate Supply
The Lafarge Goodwood Pit has served as a cornerstone for aggregate supply in the community since the 1950s, providing essential materials for construction and infrastructure projects.
With almost 80% of the existing pit rehabilitated to a naturalized area, showcasing our commitment to environmental stewardship, we now turn to our extension with aims to replenish depleting reserves, ensuring a continuous supply for years.
Project Details
The proposed extension spans 17.9 hectares, focusing on extracting materials from approximately 15.4 hectares. We'll remove materials in stages, above and below the water table, and follow up with systematic rehabilitation efforts, ensuring environmental protection and regulatory compliance.
Post-extraction, the area will be transformed into a vibrant ecosystem, including a small lake with wildlife habitat and native vegetation. Nearby Concession Road 4, a flat area will be readied for potential agricultural or residential development.
Regulatory Compliance and Extension Planning
Ensuring compliance with current legislation and regulations is essential, despite the well-established nature of our pit operation. Our extension plans are backed by thorough technical studies. These studies offer recommendations for impact control, mitigation, and necessary adjustments to uphold the highest standards of environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A: The operations at the Goodwood Pit Extension have been engineered and designed to take in all the sensitive receptors in the surrounding community, and mitigation measures are integrated into this design to ensure no impacts to the community.
A: Operations at the Goodwood Pit Extension will follow modern best practices as well as current regulations and legislation. We also look at the types of equipment used onsite to minimize our reliance on fossil fuels, and have a program in place to reduce idle time on equipment to reduce our emissions.
A: No. We will use the existing infrastructure at the site to weigh and scale our trucks, and the trucks will follow the existing established haul routes.
A: The timeframe of this operation relies on the demand for aggregate in this market.
A: Should anyone have a concern or comment regarding this project or the operations, we encourage you to contact Lafarge to get feedback.
