Chilliwack River Valley gravel mining

Synopsis

Southview Sorting obtained a mining permit in Sept 2010 to operate a 176,000 tonne per year gravel and aggregate business on 40 ha on Larson's Bench along the Chilliwack Lake Road. Concerns: proximity to Chilliwack River, inclusion of a section of the Trans Canada Trail, a "red zone" in the OCP and therefore off limits to aggregate mining, an environmentally sensitive area. Demands for local control are a response to ineffective provincial oversight of gravel operations.

Category Mining

Type Gravel

Prov BC

Region Fraser Valley

Posted 15Jul10

Updated 28Jan12

Status Completed

Resolution

Southview opened its gravel operation in early 2011 (www.southviewexperts.com/aggregatesales)

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

Friends of the Chilliwack River Valley, Facebook, Glen Thompson, CRVFriends(at)gmail.com

www.stopthegravelpit.com, info(at)stopthegravelpit.com

Also, see www.LocalControl.ca

GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES

Fraser Valley Regional District, www.fvrd.bc.ca, Patricia Ross, Chair,pross(at)fvrd.bc.ca,
David Lamson, Director, Electoral Area E, dlamson(at)fvrd.bc.ca

• Staff Report

PROPONENT

Southview Sorting Ltd., www.southviewexperts.com, Brent Tolmie, 604.845.1466, southview(at)shaw.ca

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