Sparwood residents may notice some extra dust in the air and noise during the day once Whisky Jack Resort starts conducting gravel crushing.
Sparwood council approved a temporary use permit to allow crushing on the resort land for three years.
There will be some regulations the resort has to follow while work is going on including limiting work hours.
“We’re restricting the time that materials can be crushed to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. instead of the standard noise bylaw limitation of 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.,” said planning and development director Patrick Sorfleet.
No work can occur within 50 metres of waterways, no stormwater runoff can go into the Wilson or Cummins creeks and no crushing can take place if the fire hazard in the community is too high.
The resort will also have to provide a dust management plan to the district before any work can start.
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