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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2022 · 19 MIN

New highways need gravel from GTA quarries. Residents are fighting back

from This Matters · host Toronto Star

Guest: Noor Javed, reporter for The Star who focuses on municipal politics and affairs in the 905 region. As Premier Doug Ford pushes ahead with two major highway projects, how those roadways actually get built is a not-often considered process. Unless, of course, you happen to live next to one of the open-pit mines needed for the gravel to build them. Those residents and environmental activists say there are serious concerns with the growing number of mines across the GTA and a lack of regulations to stop them.

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