The Dane County Planning and Development office will hold a public hearing on March 28 to discuss a proposed quarry in the town of Dane from DeForest-based Tri-County Paving, according to a report from the DeForest Times-Tribune. Tri-County Paving is seeking to extract limestone and other minerals from the proposed quarry over the next 75 years.
A conditional use permit application filed with Dane County describes the project as a quarry operation for extracting and processing crushed stone material and a temporary asphalt and concrete mix plant. The operation is planned for extracting 75 years of reserves for construction projects in and around Dane County.
In Tri-County’s proposal, the company estimates a potential starting time within the year, with a total yield of 9 million tons of limestone to be processed from the property.
