UNION COUNTY â Locals are lining up against a proposal for a massive rock quarry near Perry and La Grande.
David Moyal of La Grande is leading the charge to block the 250-plus-acre Ponderosa Quarry Project that would operate on more than 4,700 acres where Robbs Hill Road meets Interstate 84 near the community of Perry. Locals know Robbs Hill Road as a place to pick huckleberries, Moyal said, ride bikes or just go for a beautiful drive. The quarry would end that, he said, and the effect on Perry would be drastic.
âWith the dust, and noise and the pollution â itâs unenviable,â he said.