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6/9/2017 <br />To whom it may concern: <br />My name is Fred Fedema and I live at 630 Carroll Rd. I live there and also farm a large portion <br />of the land between my address and Prater Road to the East. I am writing to complain about <br />the amount and speed of the rock trucks on Carroll Rd. 1 am also writing to say I am in <br />opposition of the permit to expand the Clerf Mine on Prater Rd. <br />The last few years the number of trucks has really increased and they go really fast. I live at the <br />top of the hill on Carroll Rd. and it is blind from both directions. There are also several other <br />blind pockets on the road between the stop sign at Prater Road and my house, as well as to the <br />west of my house where I also have to farm and access the canal for irrigation. There is no way <br />the trucks can see me when I pull out onto the road on a tractor and there have been many <br />times I thought I was going to get hit. They cannot see me when I pull out of the canal on the <br />west side of house. I have to drive tractors with large implements farther east to farm my land <br />and feed my cattle and it is very scary to be driving a tractor on the road. Sometimes I have to <br />walk back home to get another piece of equipment and it is scary to walk on the road. During <br />calving season, I may need to go to my cow pasture 10 times a day and each time I wonder <br />when the next rock truck is going to crest the hill. My daughter used to like to ride her horse to <br />the neighbors' house, which is very close, to use their arena but I stopped her from doing that <br />because I am worried about the rock trucks. I used to ride my horses along different parts of <br />the canal, but there is no way anyone can do that now. The noise from the trucks is also loud <br />and goes all day. The speed limit is 50 mph and this is way too fast. On top of all of this, the <br />noise from all the exhaust brakes all daylong is horrible! Every time a truck goes by the <br />windows in my house rattle. <br />I would like to see the speed limit on Carroll Rd. lowered to 35 mph. I would like to see a no <br />exhaust brake zone on Carroll Rd, but I am also concerned about the maintenance of the road <br />because I know this road was not built for this type of traffic. I also think there should be some <br />hours of operation. I believe there needs to be more information given and studied before an <br />expansion of this pit should be approved. <br />Thank you, <br />Sincerely, <br />7 <br />Fred Fedema <br />