Repeated explosions from the Mission Gorge rock quarry have pushed Navajo-area planners to bring back a special watchdog group for another year, keeping the long-running operation under a focused microscope.
At its May 14 meeting, the Navajo Community Planning Group voted to reinstate the Mission Gorge Rock Quarry Committee, tasking it once again with digging into blasting, dust and other quarry impacts that have frustrated neighbors in Grantville, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro and Tierrasanta for years.
Board members also named the latest slate of committee members and said they hope to add at least one resident who lives closest to the quarry before the group convenes again in June, according to Times of San Diego. The subcommittee has been assigned to advise on land-use issues linked to the quarry’s operating permit and the surrounding neighborhood impacts…