Capital Paving’s Wellington Pit in the Township of Puslinch has received OSSGA’s 2020 Progressive Rehabilitation Award, presented at OSSGA’s 2021 Conference & AGM at the end of February. Wellington Pit’s recent restoration work took place from April 2020 to May…
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CBM Aggregates’ Roszell Pit in the Township of Puslinch has received OSSGA’s 2020 Progressive Rehabilitation Award, presented at OSSGA’s 2021 Conference & AGM at the end of February. Roszell Pit’s 1.5-hectare rehabilitation project focused on restoring its Pond 2 shoreline…
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Dear Editor: I am writing today in response to the article from the Mill Creek Stewards published in Puslinch Today on November 3rd. The article contains a number of misrepresentations and a clearly one-sided and uninformed view of the aggregate…
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WELLINGTON COUNTY AND TOP AGGREGRATE PRODUCING MUNICIPALITIES CALL FOR FAIR APPROACH TO MPAC PROPERTY VALUATION Written by Mayor James Seeley On Tuesday, August 18, I, along with Warden Kelly Linton and members of the Top Aggregate Producing Municipalities of Ontario…
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Happy New Year everyone. I truly hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. It is always my pleasure to provides updates to the Community that I care so deeply for. I am very excited to welcome Sara Bailey as our…
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November 5, 2019 Dear Editor: I write to express my concern with the October 2019 article written by Mayor James Seeley on the aggregate industry published in the Puslinch Today. The article is not an accurate portrayal of the industry…
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via guelphtoday Lafarge Canada recently announced that it plans to extend its aggregate quarrying operations to include a third pit at an operational site just off Highway 124 south near County Rd 32 in Guelph Eramosa and Puslinch Townships. Lafarge…
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Wellington Pit, operated by Capital Paving Inc., in the Town of Puslinch, has received the 2018 Progressive Rehabilitation Award and the Judges Choice Award from the Ontario, Stone, Sand & Gravel Association. From December 2017 to May 2018, Wellington Pit…
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by Mike Robinson. Aggregate fees are set to double as of July 1, says Puslinch Mayor Dennis Lever. Lever noted he had a conference call with Ministry of Natural Resources staff in Peterborough a few prior to the April 5…
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via guelphtoday.ca A guerilla campaign by a Puslinch citizen’s group highlighted the divide between the province and municipality on environmental issues such as the aggregate industry in the township. Three weeks ago, green signs with a minimalist design and messaging…
Continue Reading ...Please see bottom of article for all figures referenced below. The first year of the new decade 2020 has been anything but normal for Puslinch and the rest of the world thanks to COVID. However it’s important we don’t let…
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CBM Aggregates Coburn Pit in the Township of Puslinch has received OSSGA’s 2019 Progressive Rehabilitation Award, presented at OSSGA’s 2020 Conference & AGM in February. A total of 2.25 hectares of land were restored during Coburn Pit’s wetland rehabilitation project….
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OpEd: Supporting our growing communities and building Ontario together Most people have a general idea of what aggregates are, but their importance – the critical role they play in our daily lives – is often overlooked. Stone, sand, and gravel…
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I hope this update finds everyone well. Recently the Province of Ontario has proposed changes to the Aggregate Resource Act. These proposed changes have been posted on the Province’s Environmental Registry website also known as “ERO” (Environmental Registry of Ontario)….
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In 2009, the company was granted permits to take up to just over six million litres of water per day at three locations on the property at 7051 Wellington Road 124, but those permits will soon be expiring. Late last…
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On Friday October 19, 2018 at approximately 9:30 a.m. members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a break, enter and theft at a gravel pit located on Concession 2 in the Township of Puslinch….
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by Mike Robinson. Councillors here are joining forces with Wellington County to appeal recent MPAC decisions regarding gravel pits. Following an in-camera meeting on Feb. 15, Puslinch council passed a resolution stating it wishes to appeal decisions of the Municipal…
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