Macka’s Sand Quarry has been directed to pay a $15,000 fine for failing to restrict truck movements.
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The Department of Planning and Environment said the quarry had allowed almost 1000 extra truck trips to and from the quarry.
Executive director of resource assessments Oliver Holm said this breached development conditions.
“These road safety conditions protect lives and must be strictly adhered to,” Dr Holm said.
“Our compliance officers investigated the quarry’s records and found that the company breached the limit 300 times, leading to an extra 989 truck movements on local roads over an 11-month period between January 2016 and November 2016.
“In response, the company has addressed issues with its truck logging software so that vehicle movements can be tracked more accurately at the site.”
Compliance officers routinely monitor project sites.
