Vision of signature city park four decades in the making reduced to storm pond It s a broken promise . . . it just seems unusual that two of the three legacy parks have gone off the rails
Author of the article: Bill Kaufmann
Publishing date: Apr 06, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 5 minute read • From left to right. Brent Piercy, one of the board of directors of the Elbow Valley Community Association, Anil Tahiliani, president of the Discovery Ridge Community Association, and Doug Leighton, director of the Discovery Ridge Community Association, stand in the land that has become a storm water pond instead of a park in Calgary s southwest on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Photo by Dre Kwong/Postmedia
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Those opposed to a gravel mine proposed near Big Hill Springs Provincial Park fear that it would foul its creek and ruin the popular “prairie oasis.”
An application for the quarry goes before Rocky View County Council at a special public hearing March 2 with nearby residents and conservationists gearing up to fight its possible approval, which they say would impact the aquifer which feeds the park’s spring.
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CALGARY Rocky View County rejected a proposal to create a gravel pit on its northern border Wednesday. The county s Twitter feed announced the decision late Wednesday afternoon, following a marathon two day virtual hearing that featured numerous pleas from community members to reject the proposal. Rocky View County Council voted to refuse a land use re-designation application by Lehigh Hanson Materials Lts. for the Scott Pit site in Bearspaw, it tweeted. After concluding two days of virtual public hearings, allowing for public submissions in support of or opposition to the project. The community had previously rejected proposals to build a gravel pit in the area in 1994 and again in 2010.