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June 10, 2017 <br />To Whom It May Concern, <br />This letter is in response to Project File Number: CU -17-00003, Clerf Mining Expansion. We are <br />opposed to the increase of more mining in the area of Clerf Pit and the effect it will have on <br />the Carroll Road area. <br />We have lived on Carroll Road for about 33 years. It use to be a quiet country road where <br />farmers were able to move cows down the road to another pasture and farm implements <br />were able to travel without fear of being run down by gravel trucks and semis moving down <br />the country road at excessive speeds. Farmers and farm kids were able to travel on bicycles <br />and motor bikes as they did chores of moving irrigation water. This is not the case today. It is <br />unsafe to travel on this road. <br />We are fearful every time we venture out on this road. Truck traffic has increased to the point <br />of being unsafe on this country road made for farm implements not with truck traffic traveling <br />at 50 plus MPH. What happens if an animal gets out of their pasture or corral, not safe for <br />trucker or animals? This is impacting the farmer's right to farm. These vehicles weigh so much <br />and the stopping distance is so great it is not safe. A lower speed limit would help with the <br />existing traffic, but we are opposed to the increase of truck traffic this new pit would bring. <br />Before you consider increasing the truck traffic, you should be studying the impact on the <br />county road structure and its ability to sustain the constant barrage of heavy truck traffic and <br />the speed limit on a road that has several blind hills. Carroll Road was designed for occasional <br />farm implements not the constant heavy truck usage it continues to receive on a daily basis <br />and the increase of more truck traffic this proposal will bring. We have farmers moving hay on <br />slow moving farm implements who meet with semis and heavy trucks moving in excess of 50 <br />MPH (too fast of this road -which was not designed for the amount of truck traffic it is now <br />experiencing). <br />We are opposed the conditional use permit of the Clerf Mining Expansion because of the <br />impact it will bring to the Carroll Road community and way of life of each and every landowner <br />on this road that was never designed for this use. <br />Sincerely, <br />PU <br />Kay and Phil Kenison <br />1701 Carroll Road <br />Ellensburg WA 98926 <br />