LILYFIELD QUARRY
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COMMUNITY INPUT PAGE
We are seeking community input on the extension of the existing quarry. This page will serve as an info hub with project updates and community engagement resources.
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ABOUT LILYFIELD QUARRY
Lilyfield Quarry is a limestone quarry located in the RM of Rosser. The property is a mile north of the Perimeter Highway, a mile east of PR 236 and two miles west of Highway 7. Sturgeon Road is to the immediate east of the property and has access to the westbound Perimeter Highway. The subject property is three miles from CentrePort Inc. and the Winnipeg Richardson International Airport.
PLANS AND REGULATIONS
The quarry and its development comply with all Provincial and Municipal regulations and plans. The subject lands are zoned "A80" Agricultural Zone and a conditional use for quarry operations is required. Lilyfield Quarry's aggregate extraction operation is subject to several Provincial regulations including M162 – The Mines and Minerals Act. It is also bound by a signed development agreement between the Municipality and Lilyfield Quarry Inc.
The quarry has been operational since 2020 after receiving all required approvals from various governments including the Province and the local municipality.
QUARRY OPERATION SAFEGUARDS
During the initial development approval process and subsequent hearings, extensive efforts were taken to ensure that residents' concerns were acknowledged and addressed to the satisfaction of the Municipality and the Provincial Municipal Board. This included engaging qualified engineers to conduct blast impact assessments and environmental quality assessments. The quarry operation must adhere to blasting time restrictions and standards, noise and sound attenuation berming, ensuring appropriate visual conditions, and ensuring water and natural resource conditions are protected. Finally, the quarry operation must rehabilitate the impacted quarried areas to Provincial standards. The quarry operation is monitored by both the Province and the Municipality to ensure compliance.
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IMPORTANCE OF AGGREGATE EXTRACTION
Extraction of aggregate (a non-renewable resource) is a key requirement in all infrastructure, construction and transportation improvement projects, including those that are publicly funded. As such, access to it in a timely ‘in demand’ manner, is a critical component to ensuring the economic prosperity of the Province and contributing to the quality of life of Manitobans.
To ensure this important infrastructure remains affordable and the carbon footprint invoiced in transportation is kept to a minimum, these natural aggregate materials must be sourced locally – close to where they are used.
The resource in question is not renewable and extraction of the resource is bound by location. If the reserves cannot be efficiently developed in the Manitoba Capital Region, the option is to go much farther for aggregate materials, dramatically increasing costs and also the carbon footprint involved in transportation. Increased hauling distance has serious economic and environmental consequences.
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EXTENSION OF EXISTING QUARRY
The extension of Lilyfield Quarry is the next logical step in the quarry's operations and will be going through a conditional use application with the RM of Rosser. This conditional use will allow the 104900 section adjacent and contiguous to the existing quarry operation to be extracted (see map below). Lilyfield Quarry extension will be operated with the same operational safeguards as per the existing quarry operations, such as regulated truck routes, blasting schedules, and environmental protections, including progressive remediation.
Prior to making an application Lilyfield Quarry Inc. is seeking input from local residents and businesses.
ABOUT LILYFIELD QUARRY INC. (LQI)
Lilyfield Quarry Inc. is affiliated with the Munro Group of companies, which consists of Hugh Munro Construction Ltd., Fort Whyte Lowbedding, and CleareSecure RockGlass. Hugh Munro Construction Ltd. is a heavy civil construction company that has been doing business for over 60 years..
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8-3149 RED FIFE RD,
CENTREPORT MB, R4B 0A4
Summer: Mon – Fri: 7:30AM – 6PM
Winter: Mon – Fri: 8AM – 5PM
Sat – Sun: CLOSED