An old two-storey house between Moncton and Sackville may soon become the site of a rock quarry.

But area residents want the provincial government to walk back a rezoning decision allowing for the quarry project, which they believe could destroy the rural village of Calhoun.

For more on this story, CHMA spoke to Pierre Doucet, an area resident and outspoken opponent of the project.

His father fought against quarry projects for more than 30 years before he died, and his elderly mother still lives in the small rural community.

Clarification: The company that proposed to rezone the property to allow for a quarry is Northern Construction and Suppliers. In November, VINCI Construction, a French multinational, announced that it had “signed an agreement to acquire the construction companies of the family-run Northern Group of Companies.” However, the property in Calhoun wasn't part of that deal, according to a representative of Eurovia, a subsidiary of VINCI. This article was updated to reflect that information from VINCI on June 28, 2022, at approximately 5:26 p.m. Atlantic. 

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