California Reclamation

July 30, 2024 – Once a mining pit, a long-unused quarry in Orange, Calif., is on track to become a nature preserve, the city of Orange announced. Owners of the 14-acre Chandler sand and gravel basin on Santiago Canyon Road, dubbed by East Orange residents the “Chandler Pit,” have agreed to donate the basin to the city in exchange for rights to expand business on their existing property – at street level only, officials emphasized – further along the road. Details of the proposed development agreement are scheduled to go before the city Planning Commission on Aug. 5, officials said, according to the Orange County Register.

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