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hundreds of trucks leaving and entering Highway 115 each day at this intersection. That high <br /> volume of commercial truck traffic using an intersection such a short distance from Little Turkey <br /> Creek Road will increase the risk to landowners or their guests as they use Little Turkey Creek <br /> Road. <br /> The proposed intersection is just north of a curve on Highway 115. This curve blocks the view <br /> of motorists driving north on Highway 115, making it difficult for them to see the trucks entering <br /> the highway. <br /> The proposed new quarry road also enters Highway 115 along a section that is just two lanes <br /> wide. Transit Mix has indicated that they plan to add acceleration and deceleration lanes at the <br /> new intersection. However, having trucks decelerate just as they approach Little Turkey Creek <br /> Road will make it even more difficult for vehicles trying to enter Highway 115 from Little <br /> Turkey Creek Road. <br /> Moving the new quarry road further south (as illustrated by the black line in figure 20)would <br /> eliminate the issue of the new intersection being so close to Little Turkey Creek Road <br /> intersection as well as the of line-of-sight issue with the nearby curve in Highway 115. The <br /> proposed relocation of the Highway 115 access point would also eliminate the requirement to <br /> build a stream crossing structure over Little Turkey Creek within the lower ranch. <br /> 5.3 Safety during Quarry Blasting <br /> The mining plan calls for the evacuation of quarry employees to the scale house during blasting <br /> operations. The fact that everyone is being evacuated from the canyon during these blasting <br /> operations indicates that people remaining too close to the blasting site may be at risk. It is not <br /> clear whether people driving on Little Turkey Creek Road above or below the blast guards, or <br /> whether people remaining on their property within Eagles Nest would ever be at risk. <br /> Furthermore,there are several rock formations on properties within Eagles Nest located west of <br /> the quarry. Earth vibrations from the blasting may loosen rocks within these outcroppings, <br /> causing them to tumble onto the properties below. <br /> 5.4 Safety along Little Turkey Creek Road due to Failure of Impoundment Ponds, <br /> Stockpiles or Slopes <br /> Rule 8 within"Mineral Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Minded Land Reclamation Board <br /> for the Extraction of Construction Materials" indicates that <br /> "Operators shall notify the Office, as soon as reasonably practicable, but no later than <br /> twenty-four(24)hours, after the Operator has knowledge of a failure or imminent <br /> failure of any impoundment, embankment, stockpile or slope that poses a reasonable <br /> potential for danger to persons or property'. <br /> Nothing was included in the Emergency Action Plan about notifying anyone of imminent <br /> dangers related to these risks. Failure of any of the impoundment ponds, stockpiles or slopes <br /> could have a devastating impact on Little Turkey Creek Road and therefore endanger the lives of <br /> people using that road to access their properties within Eagles Nest. <br />