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Burnco Rock Products had pushed for a 389-hectare increase to its existing gravel quarrying operation 1.6 kilometres west of Cochrane, saying its plan to phase in the expansion over 30 to 35 years was needed to replace dwindling supply from its other Calgary-area pits.
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The area, 740 per cent larger than the area Burnco’s now allowed to mine in the area, would have run for six kilometres along the Bow River in some places within 60 metres of the water and encompass areas crossed by two creeks that drain into it.