Brandy Hill residents north of Raymond Terrace are fighting a doubling of the local quarry

By Joanne McCarthy
November 4 2018 - 7:00am
Opposed: Brandy Hill resident Margarete Ritchie and one of the large trucks that currently leave the Brandy Hill Quarry site. The company is proposing to double quarried material from 700,000 tonnes per year to 1.5 million tonnes.
Opposed: Brandy Hill resident Margarete Ritchie and one of the large trucks that currently leave the Brandy Hill Quarry site. The company is proposing to double quarried material from 700,000 tonnes per year to 1.5 million tonnes.

THE company behind a proposal to double the output of Brandy Hill Quarry said it had reduced daytime laden truck movements from the site to 300 after widespread community and government agency concerns, but insists most concerns are based on “misunderstandings”.

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