The Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) has published Proposed Application Requirements for the Scott Pit sand and gravel project in the Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Alberta Native News, and Rocky View Weekly, and has posted them on the NRCB website. Members of the public and the project proponent are invited to submit comments to the NRCB on these proposed requirements by March 31, 2025.
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Located west of Calgary’s Spy Hill area (Section 5, Township 26, Range 2, W5M) on the north side of Burma Road, Scott Property is located on a significant gravel deposit and could produce aggregate resources for up to 30 years depending on the final development plan.
Aggregates are a scarce, non-renewable resource found in specific locations. Calgary and Rocky View County have local, high-quality supplies of gravel, however they are depleting and large close-to-market deposits for future supply are limited and rare. Locally produced aggregate means reduced community and infrastructure impacts, reduced travel costs and greenhouse gas emissions, and significant benefit to the economy, local tax base and quality of life to those in Rocky View County, Calgary and throughout the province.
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An aggregate conveyor system is proposed to transport material from the site to Heidelberg’s existing processing facilities in Spy Hill. This investment will eliminate the need to put haul trucks on the road, resulting in minimal impacts to local roads and adjacent residents while also supporting overall emission reductions for the project.
Upon completion of aggregate operations, Heidelberg’s objective is to return the land to a condition that will provide the most value to the region. Heidelberg is prepared to work collaboratively with the local community, Rocky View County, the City of Calgary and other regional stakeholders on an end use strategy that could establish a significant community benefit.
The project will contribute millions of dollars through the CAP levy, transportation levy, application fees, property taxes and other benefits such as regional and local employment.
A consistent supply of aggregate in the region supports an affordable aggregate supply to support housing and infrastructure projects, reduces the need for tax dollars to support infrastructure projects and lessens potential for gravel shortages.
Heidelberg has approximately 51,000 employees globally and has operated in North America for more than a century, and specifically in the Calgary Metropolitan Area since 1954. Currently, Heidelberg operates the nearby Spy Hill site which produces aggregate, concrete, and pre-cast pipe products within the east half of Section 27-025-02 W5M, southeast of the mining portion of the Scott Project.
Heidelberg provides aggregates to customers in the construction business throughout Western Canada and locations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Heidelberg has operated in the Calgary region since the 1950s as a major supplier of all types of screened, crushed, and washed aggregate products. Heidelberg’s sand and gravel is used in ready-mix concrete, precast concrete production, road and building construction, landscaping, and a variety of specialty aggregates applications. With award winning reclamation and public amenity projects across North America and Canada, including the Sechelt Mine and Granville Island concrete plant in British Columbia, Heidelberg has significant experience operating its facilities in harmony with its neighbors.
Over decades of operating in the Calgary Metropolitan Area, Heidelberg has invested in its current operations through the incorporation of new innovative technologies to improve sustainable operating practices and reclaimed depleted resources to achieve biodiversity and community objectives. As an example, the Inland Athletic Park located directly southeast of Heidelberg’s Spy Hill site is a former gavel pit mined by Heidelberg during the 1980s and 1990s and was redeveloped into its new use in collaboration with the City of Calgary, Alberta Transportation and Heidelberg.
Heidelberg places sustainability at the core of operations. The company is driving the decarbonization of our sector, embracing circularity to recycle and reuse materials, and contributing to a nature-positive world through an industry-leading biodiversity program and sustainable water management.
Heidelberg’s Spy Hill facility includes aggregate processing equipment, a ready-mix concrete plant, and a concrete pipe manufacturing plant. Heidelberg has invested in new technologies at this facility to increase energy efficiency and improve water management, leading to greenhouse gas reductions and improved water conservation.
