Citizens Advocating for Roblar Rural Quality/Citizens Against Roblar Rock Quarry
Sonoma County Citizens For Responsible Land Use
Sonoma County Citizens For Responsible Land Use
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Quarry Videos and Photos
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-vLTFKu8zw
This video portrays enormous dust production at an off-site quarry from blasting operations. North Bay proposes blasting twice a month on the Roblar site up to 30 feet deep causing dust and air quality hazards in one of the windiest regions of the County nine months of the year. Imagine how far the particulates could travel, possibly to Cotati and Rohnert Park. Not to mention the disturbance of the closed and uncapped, unlined toxic landfill at Steinbechs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUVh-MgQlk
Medical opinion on San Rafael Quarry dust exposure with video footage showing dust drift. This silica containing dust with carcinogenic qualities causes disease and increased morbidity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-vLTFKu8zw
This video portrays enormous dust production at an off-site quarry from blasting operations. North Bay proposes blasting twice a month on the Roblar site up to 30 feet deep causing dust and air quality hazards in one of the windiest regions of the County nine months of the year. Imagine how far the particulates could travel, possibly to Cotati and Rohnert Park. Not to mention the disturbance of the closed and uncapped, unlined toxic landfill at Steinbechs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFUVh-MgQlk
Medical opinion on San Rafael Quarry dust exposure with video footage showing dust drift. This silica containing dust with carcinogenic qualities causes disease and increased morbidity.
Photos
Quarry Site
As you turn onto Roblar Road, whether in a car, on a bicycle, equestrian, or on foot, you come face to face with the agricultural heritage of Sonoma County. The beautiful hillsides and rustic structures tell the tale of times past, when our economy was dependent on dairy farms, chicken coupes, and cattle ranching. Many of these same agricultural pursuits exist today throughout the area, carried on by local residents who cherish the lifestyle and wish to preserve it for future generations.
This same way of life is seriously threatened by the proposed Rock Quarry. Not including the water contamination, wide spread air pollutants, or other environmental catastrophes, it sets a dangerous precedent. The proposal would strip land in the middle of the Petaluma Dairy Beltway from the Williamson Act, using a seldom used County method of conversion. An open space conservation easement adjacent to the property risks subversion by the County and developer to place a private road across the protected land.
The County would trade cows for rock and endanger everything that exists today.
Roblar Road
Like many of the County roads Roblar Road is in a state of disrepair. County roads are rated the worst in the Bay Area rate by regional transit planners with little road base, massive pot holes, and susceptibility to rain and storm damage. Roads are expensive to rebuild at $1.5 million a mile (2007) leaving roads in current condition and causing vehicular harm. Adding rock trucks with 9 foot widths weighing 3 to 24 tons will only exacerbate the problem and submit local residents and traffic to unsafe conditions. Roblar Road has extremely narrow shoulders, blind turns, and sudden driveways with poor visibility.
Reclamation
The quarry land, after 20 years, will be "restored" through a reclamation process to an acceptable use. Looking at the Bodega reclaimed quarry site does it look like this land is anywhere near useful or near its former glory. More like a dismal skeleton with its flesh picked dry and left for the grave.
Local Signs
These signs depict the ground swell of opposition and the grass-roots effort to oppose the project. They were created by friends, neighbors, families, and working people that make this community such a wondrous place to visit, live, and enjoy.
Quarry Site
As you turn onto Roblar Road, whether in a car, on a bicycle, equestrian, or on foot, you come face to face with the agricultural heritage of Sonoma County. The beautiful hillsides and rustic structures tell the tale of times past, when our economy was dependent on dairy farms, chicken coupes, and cattle ranching. Many of these same agricultural pursuits exist today throughout the area, carried on by local residents who cherish the lifestyle and wish to preserve it for future generations.
This same way of life is seriously threatened by the proposed Rock Quarry. Not including the water contamination, wide spread air pollutants, or other environmental catastrophes, it sets a dangerous precedent. The proposal would strip land in the middle of the Petaluma Dairy Beltway from the Williamson Act, using a seldom used County method of conversion. An open space conservation easement adjacent to the property risks subversion by the County and developer to place a private road across the protected land.
The County would trade cows for rock and endanger everything that exists today.
Roblar Road
Like many of the County roads Roblar Road is in a state of disrepair. County roads are rated the worst in the Bay Area rate by regional transit planners with little road base, massive pot holes, and susceptibility to rain and storm damage. Roads are expensive to rebuild at $1.5 million a mile (2007) leaving roads in current condition and causing vehicular harm. Adding rock trucks with 9 foot widths weighing 3 to 24 tons will only exacerbate the problem and submit local residents and traffic to unsafe conditions. Roblar Road has extremely narrow shoulders, blind turns, and sudden driveways with poor visibility.
Reclamation
The quarry land, after 20 years, will be "restored" through a reclamation process to an acceptable use. Looking at the Bodega reclaimed quarry site does it look like this land is anywhere near useful or near its former glory. More like a dismal skeleton with its flesh picked dry and left for the grave.
Local Signs
These signs depict the ground swell of opposition and the grass-roots effort to oppose the project. They were created by friends, neighbors, families, and working people that make this community such a wondrous place to visit, live, and enjoy.
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