NEW HANOVERÂ â The board of supervisors has voted unanimously to reject the final site plan approval for the first phase of the controversial Gibraltar Rock Quarry off Route 73.
The milestone vote occurred in the 20th year that the quarry has been trying to win township approvals since it was first proposed in 2001.
The vote followed a Feb. 10 recommendation from the township planning commission.
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The supervisor vote, taken at a Feb. 22 meeting, was the culmination of hours of often salty debate between township officials and Stephen Harris, the attorney for Gibraltar Rock, at both the planning and supervisors meetings.
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NEW HANOVERÂ â A decision on the fate of the Gibraltar Rock Quarry has been delayed until at least March 2021.
A decision had loomed during an Oct. 26 meeting but when all was said and done â quite a lot was said and very little done â Gibraltar Rock was given until Dec. 9 to submit a revised plan.
That happened on Dec. 1, when a revised site plan was submitted.
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But according to a letter from Township Manager Jamie Gwynn to Gibraltar Rock attorney Stephen Harris, the revised final site plan, which presumably addresses some of the issues raises at the two meetings in October, re-starts a legal 90-day clock.