A proposed gravel pit in the town of Milton will be smaller than once planned to avoid being subject to Rock County shoreland zoning regulations.
Milton Town Board member Leonard Stalker says the gravel pit’s original plans called for more than 60 acres of the 137-acre site to be mined for extraction. Now the pit, located at 7030 East County N in Milton, will only encompass 29 acres.
In 2015, the Harold Traynor Revocable Living Trust received approval from the Milton Town Board and a Rock County development committee for its gravel pit plans. But the county board of adjustment overturned the decision because the pit was within 1,000 feet of a wetland.
The revised, smaller gravel pit will not be within the wetland range.
The Milton Town Board also approved amendments to the gravel pit’s existing permit at its meeting last week.
The changes will extend the permit another three years until 2025 and allow the gravel pit to operate Saturday mornings from 6 a.m. to noon.
