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Planning and Zoning Commission renews O&G Industries quarry permit on Winstead Road
Summary
Torrington commissioners renewed a two‑year special exception and site plan allowing O&G Industries to continue excavation and processing on combined parcels at 3217 and 3345 Winstead Road, with conditions including bond amounts, fencing, blasting protocols and a required merger of the parcels.
The Torrington Planning and Zoning Commission on July 16 approved a two‑year renewal of a special exception and site plan allowing O&G Industries to continue mining, blasting and processing at properties on Winstead Road, including expanded excavation limits and a set of conditions intended to limit community impacts.
The approval covers combined parcels referenced in the application as 3217 and 3345 Winstead Road and carries conditions including required property merger, updated restoration bonds and fencing on steep finished slopes.
O&G representative Richard Warren said the company purchased the adjacent Haines Aggregates parcels and seeks to continue operations already authorized on the sites. "We are a long term city representative, hundred year, plus business, a good community member," Warren said, adding the consolidated…
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