Aerial map of Canyon Rock’s Pocket Canyon Quarry with the proposed asphalt facility location outlined in red.
The trucks start rolling in and out early each morning from the Canyon Rock Quarry on Highway 116, just about a mile west of Forestville’s main drag.
Rock, gravel, or as the industry calls it ‘aggregate,’ has been coming out of the site since the 1940’s.
Canyon Rock has been owned and operated by the Trappe family since the 1970’s.
Now it’s led by brothers Jonathan and James, and the company’s next venture, Jonathon said, is asphalt.
“There is a need now in West County,” Jonathon Trappe said. “Our customers are asking for something in West County because of the travels going all the way to town just to come back, and driving right past us where the rock came from.”
Of Sonoma County’s 1,300 miles of county-maintained paved roadway, over 500 miles are in West County.
The idea of an asphalt plant at the quarry has been floated on and off for decades.