"We currently have a cottage industry of traveling so-called experts who are making their way around the state to break the aggregate supply chain."īut in Washtenaw County's Sharon Township, where local officials are considering an application for a 400-acre sand and gravel operation, Supervisor Peter Psarouthakis said he's seen no evidence of that. "These permitted supplies are limited due to activists who intimidate local elected officials into delaying and denying the opening of new mines," Michigan Aggregates Association Executive Director Doug Needham said at a Wednesday news conference. The state needs access to gravel close to where roads are being built and repaired, but NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) attitudes are delaying or blocking needed approvals and driving up costs, they say. The sand and gravel industry, represented by the Michigan Aggregates Association, says the state should handle the permitting, just as it does for the mining of certain other minerals.
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