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NO GRAVEL PIT <br /> My family owns property on what is known as Oakbrush Hill about 3.5 miles north <br /> of Highway 160 on Piedra Road. Recently I was notified by the Archuleta County <br /> Planning Dept. that a Gravel Company has applied for a Major Sand and Gravel <br /> Permit on Oakbrush Hill just to the north of my property. At the time I purchased <br /> this land the adjoining property was owned by the Forest Service and no future <br /> development was anticipated. Many adjoining property owners in this area have <br /> acquired their property in this beautiful forested area and will be similarly <br /> affected by the encroachment of a new gravel pit operation. <br /> I am writing in hopes that the Pagosa Sun readers will join me and the other area <br /> property owners in resisting this Gravel Pit. We don't need another town gravel <br /> pit. There are plenty of gravel pit deposits in outlying areas that don't disturb <br /> Pagosa residents. This Gravel Pit Application says that the gravel operation will <br /> last 20 years and that, when the on-site gravel runs out, they will truck material in <br /> from elsewhere and crush it there. <br /> There are many reasons that near-by land owners would not want a Major <br /> Industrial Gravel operation next to their mountain retreat. Also the Town of <br /> Pagosa should oppose the development of an ugly gravel pit in close proximity to <br /> the town. Piedra Road is a beautiful forested area and many locals and tourists <br /> use the road to access camping and recreation at Williams Creek Lake and the <br /> Piedra River. A Major Gravel operation will certainly detract from property <br /> values and will be a disaster to tourism. <br /> Eighteen wheeler gravel trucks would be entering and leaving the plant all day <br /> and traveling on Piedra Road. The county can hardly keep up with the <br /> maintenance of Piedra Road now. Think what a mess it will be once all these <br /> trucks start pounding it. Think what a hazard these big trucks will be to you and <br /> your family. <br /> Furthermore, there will be the constant noise of the crushers, the noise of the <br /> back-up alarms and the equipment engine noise. The operation will cause dust <br /> and diesel fuel air pollution. The operation will interrupt the present migration <br />