Council is responsible for the management of a number of gravel quarries located throughout the Shire, that provide valuable resources for the road transport network maintenance and construction. Council has a responsibility to ensure that these quarries meet legislative requirements in regard to environmental Management, rehabilitation and safety of operation.

Key challenges include:

• The availability of natural gravel resources
• Impact of environmental legislation
• Location of gravel resources (distance of cartage)
• Quality of the gravel resources
• Identification of gravel resources access
• Extraction costs and safety management.

Future Direction

• To identify and develop strategically located quarries with sufficient quantities of suitable quality gravel
• To investigate and improve the methods and efficiency in extraction
• No gravel haulage is longer than 50km.