tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34951578.post-1160543121304810552006-10-10T21:44:00.000-07:002006-10-10T22:24:49.950-07:00<div align="left">More than two hundred people attended tonight's first installment of a public hearing on the proposed Whitney Avenue gravel pit. Sara Welch of WTNH-TV/Channel 8 was one of several television, radio, and print reporters who covered the hearing. Extracts from her report follow: </div><blockquote><p align="justify"><strong>Heated debate over gravel pit plans in Hamden</strong><br /><br />"Stop the pit!" That's the battle cry from residents in one Hamden neighborhood<br />who are fighting a plan for a gravel pit....People packed Hamden Town Hall to<br />voice their concerns....The entrance along Route 10/Whitney Avenue is a major<br />concern. As many as 64-trucks a day would be coming and going from the site.<br />People also believe the project would forever alter the wetlands and ruin the<br />beauty of the Farmington canal green way that runs through the area....<br /><br />"There are only three or four neighbors that are immediately impacted...," says Bob Wiedenmann, Sunwood Development....<br /><br />The town's natural resources and open space commission (has) opposed the plan believing it will dramatically alter the environment and destroy wildlife in the area....<br /><br /><strong>So many people want to speak on this issue, the town will continue tonight's meeting Oct. 25th.</strong></p></blockquote>Stopthepithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16492514565349311989noreply@blogger.com