00:00Under these hills lie hard rock, local concrete companies are eager to mine.
00:08But it's a controversial proposal.
00:11It's a very close vicinity, you know, we're 100, 200 metres away from homes, just standing right here.
00:17Local company Monero Rock wants to build the region's fifth quarry at Royalla on the ACT border.
00:24Nearby residents are opposing the plan.
00:27Quarries are normally out in the sticks where there's no residents
00:31and they want to propose one right in the middle of our little estate here.
00:36The proposed quarry would sit one and a half kilometres from nearby houses
00:40and less than three kilometres from homes in South Tuggeranong.
00:44Up to 250 trucks could access the site each day via the Monero Highway,
00:49which the company says would prevent an increase in local traffic.
00:53But concerns about noise remain.
00:55For a resident out here that's lived in Royalla for the last 12, 13 years,
01:01you know, the peaceful environment that we live in is going to be taken away.
01:05There are already two other quarries within 10 kilometres of the proposed site.
01:10But Monero Rock says the new quarry will help to meet projected shortfalls in rock supply over the coming decades.
01:16And it expects to provide up to a third of the rock needed for construction in the Canberra region.
01:22This is a massive project that if it did proceed would have a very big impact on the community out there.
01:28You know, this is decades and decades worth of impact going forward.
01:34You know, this is a forever project basically for the residents of Royalla.
01:37A prospect that would prompt some to leave the area.
01:40I'm devastated.
01:41I built this house for my family to grow up in and knowing that I may have to move,
01:48it's very emotional.
01:50Like, it's sad.
01:52Public submissions to the NSW Planning Department are open for the next four weeks.
01:58any one week.
01:59I know we have to work.
02:04We're making a big focus.
02:05All right, you guys.
02:08You're so algún that has been told and over there.
02:12How long did David want to do this?
02:14Everything that began to develop in fastness.
02:17Let me show him a few seconds.
02:22You're so also something that you can do.
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