Community Relations Award
The Community Relations Award recognizes those who have demonstrated leadership in promoting good neighbour relations, community involvement, education and industry awareness.
Walker Aggregates Inc.
Town of Fort Erie
Impactful Work
A mix of onsite measures and impactful community work earned Ridgemount Quarries a spot on the 2020 OSSGA Awards list. Within its gates, the site employs Explotech technology to monitor noise and vibration levels, and uses equipment covers and regular watering to control dust. Additionally, the site promotes traffic safety with vehicle beacons and an onsite traffic enforcement officer and keeps a record of neighbour complaints to help guide improvements.
Digging & Training
Within the community, Ridgemount Quarries donates material and cash to a range of organizations. In 2020 alone, it contributed 168 tonnes of stone for a Habitat for Humanity project in Port Colborne and donated cash to the Greater Fort Erie Centre for the Arts. As a world-renowned destination for fossilized sea scorpions (aka eurypterids), the quarry opens its site to paleontologists from across North America on a weekly basis (COVID-19 permitting). As well, it welcomes police forces from Toronto, York, Durham and the OPP to conduct “large vehicle disruption” training on behalf of the Canadian Explosive Research Laboratory at Natural Resources Canada. These activities and more are communicated to a wide readership through Ridgemount Quarries’ newsletters and other communications.