The owner of a lot on Willard Road in New Ipswich, N.H., during a Planning Board hearing, has proposed a sand-and-gravel-excavation operation that would run for the next three to five years, causing concerns among neighbors about noise, dust and impacts to the road, according to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.
SJL Holdings, represented by owner Kenny Lehtonen and Jon Rokeh of Rokeh Consulting, outlined a plan to remove about 30,000 cu. yd. from the site over the next several years.
“In terms of traffic on Willard, it will be spread out over time,” said Lehtonen, who added there may be days when the pit is busy, with trucks making multiple trips in a single day, followed by days or weeks of total inactivity. He said the main route for the dump trucks transporting material would be from Main Street to Route 123.
Planning Board member Craig Smeeth voiced concerns about the impacts to the road, citing that residential roads should be used for residential traffic, and the potential safety concerns of having large vehicles going back and forth. He said the town’s master plan calls for retaining its bucolic, rural, quiet nature.
Read the full article in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.