Fact Sheet

Proposed Project

A 155-acre rock quarry located in Southwest Riverside County at the San Diego County line - generating over 270 million tons of high-quality granite rock, ideal for making concrete and asphalt materials. Granite Construction will set aside 250-acres of land, or about 60% of the site, as open space.

Need

  • The Inland Empire will experience a 72% shortage in permitted raw material reserves in the next 50 years according to the State Department of Conservation (2006).

  • Western Riverside County currently uses over 9 million tons of aggregate per year. A 2% annual growth rate will increase the aggregate needs to over 14 million tons per year within 20 years, exhausting currently permitted reserves.

  • Currently, over 1,000 trucks per day use the I-15 in Riverside County to transport construction aggregate material from the Corona, San Bernardino, Banning, Palm Springs and Irwindale areas to Temecula/Murrieta area and Northern San Diego County.

  • The Department of Conservation has communicated the need for new local aggregate sources and demonstrated that transporting aggregate long distances has significant economic and environmental costs.

Benefits of the Liberty Quarry to Riverside County

1. Reduces Truck Traffic

    • Site has direct access to I-15, meaning no trucks through local neighborhoods

    • Eliminates over 16 million truck-miles traveled each year along the I-15 corridor

    • Fewer truck miles traveled means less air pollution and safer highways

    • Fewer truck miles means lower NO x and PM 10 emissions in Riverside County

    • Reduces the number of trucks on I-15 in Riverside County by up to 1200 trucks per day

2. Ideal Location

    • Operation is hidden from Temecula Valley and the I-15 Freeway

    • Isolated from population centers, now and into the future

    • High quality material meeting State and local government specifications

3. Meets Significant Need for New Capacity

    • Western Riverside County will use 14 million tons of aggregate per year by 2024

    • Liberty Quarry would provide about 40% of the current aggregate needs for Western Riverside County for 75 years

4. Positive Economic Impact (from Dr. John Husing)

    • Riverside County taxes and fees - $2.2 million per year

    • State of California taxes - $6.1 million per year

    • Annual Highway Maintenance Savings - $5.3 million per year

    • Lowers infrastructure costs and stretches Measure A and TUMF transportation dollars


It is anticipated that a draft of the EIR will be available for public review and comment in 2007.

Arrange for a tour of the Liberty Quarry site and Granite’s Indio quarry, concrete and asphalt plants.

 

 
   
   
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