Resident concerned with blasting near his home

After reading the article about McGregor quarries winning an award for community relations, I was quite disappointed. I can assure you there are statements that are not accurate as to how this was achieved or mitigated.

I state this based on my home and property being the closest to the quarry and have lived here for the past 25 years, not once have we ever been notified of a blast which sometimes you think will rock your home off of its foundation. 

Every year we have to call the quarry and complain especially about the dust sometimes on a daily basis, to the point that my entire property has been covered in a thick film of dirt. The noise starts early and continues throughout the day, especially in the warmer months.

There are three settling ponds on the west side of quarry which happen to be adjacent to our property and smell of rotten eggs due to the sulphuric water being pumped from bottom of quarry.

Unfortunately I have complained about these issues with little or no mitigation to correct the problem. I look forward to sitting down with Walker Aggregates and discussing how to really achieve community relations.

—Lee Seguin

Amherstburg