Residents at capital border outraged by proposed quarry ‘in the middle of our little estate’

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Plans for a new quarry in Royalla on the ACT’s southern border with New South Wales are open for public feedback. If built, the quarry would produce an estimated one million tonnes of rock material every year, but concerned locals want it blocked.

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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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