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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 The Judges Choice for the Progressive Rehabilitation Award from the Ontario Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (OSSGA) has been awarded to Cambridge Aggregates\/Heidelberg Materials North Dumfries Pit.<\/p>\n
The award recognizes the ongoing efforts of individual operators to progressively rehabilitate their sites per their site plans.<\/p>\n
The objective for the North Dumfries Pit rehabilitation was twofold: to rehabilitate the 54-hectare pit floor back to agricultural condition and to rehabilitate the remaining 18.1 hectares of extraction area to a natural environment condition featuring Oak Savannah, Woodland, Prairie and native grassland ecological communities, indicates a release, adding the team has successfully returned 12.5 hectares of the pit floor to a healthy agricultural condition that has since been used to grow soybeans and cash crops.<\/p>\n
Currently, the team is in Phase 4 of its progressive rehabilitation plan, which began with the rehabilitation of three hectares and the grading of the setback area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have worked closely with the landowner to extract the high-quality aggregate materials from the property and return the area back to a productive agricultural condition as quickly as possible,\u201d said Kevin Hurley, area general manager, Heidelberg Materials, in a statement. \u201cThis project showcases how the aggregate industry can achieve successful agricultural rehabilitation in a very short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n