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~-~vel alt <br /> <br />opponents <br />vo~v they <br />tivon't quit <br />~,. <br />3y CNRIS BARKER <br />The Cairy Sentinel <br />t)pponcnts of the proposed Soaz- <br />iag Eagle Graref Pi[ cowed Monday <br />;u :>,uti~:ue :i;thting the project even <br />d>[e,t: Count}' Commissioners ap- <br />prove i[ a[ especial hearing tonight. <br />"Certainly if [he county approves <br />this. e:e'll be asking the state to get <br />involved and not allow the gravel pit <br />to proceed until the highways in <br />sate condition." said Brad Wright, a <br />representative of the Redlands <br />Neighborhood Development Assor <br />rat~~:n. <br />Safety issues surrounding Colo- <br />rado Highway 3d0. which would be <br />the route for trucks coming into and <br />leaving the pit, have been seized up- <br />on by the neighborhood group. They <br />say uvck trafllc would endanger bi- <br />cyclists and pedestrians and further <br />clog traffic on the two-lane road. <br />Grand •J[Inction Pipe and Supply, <br />which is seeking a permit to mine <br />lOt acres of Colorado River bottom <br />near the 20 Road. alignment, has <br />made several concessions on truck . <br />routes and timing to avoid neazby <br />scaools acid appease neighbors. But <br />the majority of an estimated 800 who <br />showed up at a meeting Ivtay 18 nev- <br />ertheless testified against the gravel <br />plt. <br />The hearing, }vhich was post- <br />poned after it stretched into the ear <br />ly morning of play 19, is scheduled <br />to reconvene at 7 tonight at Two P.iv- <br />ers Convention Center. No addition- <br />al public testimony will be taken, <br />but commissioners hate been pro- <br />vided with 80 page transcripLS of <br />previous comments. <br />Grand Junction Pipe o~mer Ron <br />Tipping declined to address specif- <br />ics of--the pit opponents' tactics. But <br />Pippin;. who ]ices near [he pro- <br />posed project, agreed that improve- <br />ments to the road would be <br />bl'I1C~CIaI. <br />"An}'thing they can do to improve <br />that highway, regazdless of what <br />happens. I think that would be a pos- <br />itive."Tipping said. <br />lGright said the neighborhood <br />®~NV~R ®F~~C <br />~'~BLI~ ~-- ,~ _ _ ~~ <br />=" _. ~.= d n r d <br />.'=oc~%~'%~=5'~='c <br />9~. C.m v,~~- -..-' <br />icy am <br />...~N -N V" l'J <br />v S ~ L v, <br />y V+ N <br />= ~ m _yy xa_ ~n o <br />~, d ;o ~ a ~ ~ °- c <br />m o ~ 3'o n _ _ _ <br />Yo <br />~. (D '"dn V ~N'n P~^.N <br />'4m m'~.ti'CHwm <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />R <br />.FCC/~ <br />ohso~ f~~ 2~ 19 FO <br />~9 <br />era~~G <br />~'0/pgy <br />~~ <br />~' ~ n <br />~~~_ <br />~~~ <br />C ~ <br />O f 0 <br />v <br />Q ~~ <br />C'D ` <br />~-+ <br />~--t- <br />rn <br />rt <br />0 <br />C£=i9 w y==' ,-`~~ poi <br />_ ^. <br />~ _v;mr~ .m ro 0 <br />o a;~r -o c~="y <br />;~ ~ ~ U aG N - ... <br />~n c~~ ~n^,~ ~' 'cNw o <br />_V_=^ =~' ~'~_____ <br />Z n ~., O i n t er L -~ <br />ac~ o~ m e ? w ry ac c= '~ <br />.~ O 8N O ~ _ _ J , _ <br />y' ~ i. _r p O_ O n p J_ N <br />n __mm_ .,wn~ ., F <br />O O N r.' <br />y w~ 6 N ^. C O C <br />cc mo Rio.- !m <br />n cD y OG , y 0 _~ ~ U~ <br />as ~- °-- <br />_,v mn mc°-l'om <br />Tl A c+ o "'y '~ . c o Z~ <br />o _ <br />m _^ _=~o - <br />ay O L~ j O ai n~~ C `^ d <br />-t v. ~=. -nib o ° G o-° ,-~~ = <br />00o m~yo°^nc ~o- <br />_~ <br />S ^~ n Y -. T~ O '~ <br />ry 0 Y C'O O .. ~ O~~ O S <br />='m =ao F:e ~-~ -:n n <br />'-1- <br />rt <br />~. <br />Q <br />C <br />fD <br />~• <br />C'~ <br />V1 <br />O• <br /> <br />v <br />~ ~ <br />m~~D <br />r <br />a w ~ t <br />d c y <br />y c~_m <br />0 <br />C j O H <br />.~ -' z <br />~V nr <br />Q <br />m <br />.~ <br />m <br />Sze GRAVEL, page 11 > <br />