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Developers Jarle Halsnes and Chip Coe propose to use this site in the South Valley to host wetlands mitigation for a new gravel mining operation that could last 15 to 20 years.The pond in the photo was created by a temporary gravel pit used solely for the widening of Colorado Highway 131. The Routt County Board of Commissioners will hold a hearing on the application Tuesday.
Pit opponents speak up
Commissioners to consider pre-application Tuesday evening Brandon Gee
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Opponents of a proposed gravel pit south of Steamboat Springs have caught wind of the project they thought was dead in the water four years ago. The Routt County Board of Commissioners will review a pre-application for the Steamboat Sand and Gravel Mine and a subsequent land
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preservation subdivision Tues day. Before the pre-application’s hearing before the Routt County Planning Commission last month, county planners were worried that they hadn’t heard more from the public. That’s because the proposal is similar to, and on the same site as, a Lafarge West project approved by the county in 2005 after years of heated debate. “The word is definitely out now,” said Routt County
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Planning Director Chad Phillips, who said he received 12 e-mails about the proposal last week. “I would anticipate more opposition and, who knows, more support for the application. There was some
support (from the public) at the Planning Commission meeting.” Phillips said the commissioners themselves also responded favorably to the new proposal, which was crafted with past concerns in mind. The Lafarge permit never was executed, and it expired. Lafarge had filed a complaint in Routt County District Court contesting several provisions of the permit See Gravel pit, page 14
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