Daily Mercury, 16.08.2007IN the quiet surrounds of Palmyra, west of Mackay, residents fear a proposal to mine three quarries will disrupt the rural peace and stir up dust on the country roads.
During a meeting of Mackay City Council yesterday no decision was made on whether to approve the three quarries off Bells Road, just past the Mac Speedway and Palmyra drag race track.
The applicant, Ken Vella, has already indicated blasting won't be used but that promise has failed to placate the 24 residents in the cane farming district who signed a petition earlier this year ...
Cr George Christensen, who represents the area, said residents' greatest fear was potential noise and dust from trucks rumbling up and down what he said was an already sub-standard road.
To access the quarries, trucks would have to travel along a section of Bells Road shared by locals and traffic from the racetracks nearby ...
The application is expected to come before council again.
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