Granite Construction, Inc., a $2-billion a year company, plans to develop the Nation's largest granite open-pit mine 1 mile from Temecula. This open-pit mine will be: 1 mile long 1,000 feet deep 311-acres Operating 20 hours a day, 6 days a week Blasting & grinding 300 tons of rock per day Extracting over a 1/4 of a billion tons of granite Facilities will include: On-site cement plants On-site asphalt plants Aggregate processing operations Don't let our valley become a mining town! Get involved now

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Looking to "dig a little deeper" into the reasons against Liberty Quarry? Looking to get an idea of what the real costs of Liberty Quarry will be? You have come to the right place!
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We will pay with poor air quality and serious health issues Effects of Silica Effects of Diesel and Auto Exhaust We will pay with even more traffic on I-15 Effects of Truck Traffic We will pay with the reduction of our home and property values Effects of Home Values We will pay with the impact on our agriculture Effects on Agriculture We will pay with the loss of the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve Effects on Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve We will pay with pollution of the Santa Margarita River Effects on the River We will pay with the loss of a vital wildlife corridor Effects on the Santa Ana - Palomar Linkage

Additional links of interest: Comparing Granite Construction's Indio Quarry to Liberty Quarry is truly like comparing a mole hill to a mountain. Watch this video on YouTube to see why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Xr6WUmlCU Granite Construction already has a gravel facility called Rosemary's Mountain approximately 10 miles south of the proposed Liberty Quarry site near the town of Pala. Click here for more information on Rosemary's Mountain. In the past, Granite Construction has chosen to "mitigate" problems by paying fines or purchasing clean air credits from other companies. Follow this link to read a story about Granite's past history of fines in both Nevada and California.