How blasts and dino prints fit into Bucks quarry hearing
WHYY By The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association) The sixth hearing on a conditional-use application for a proposed surface mining quarry in Upper Bucks County brought continued cross-examination from community stakeholders and Springfield Township residents on everything from well replacement to dinosaur prints. The range of questions indicated a variety of reasons for residents’ opposition — some that could surface in later arguments this year, an...