RECLAMATION SUCCESS

Resorts Bloom on Former Mined Land


Successful environmental reclamation examples from the aggregates industries.  Former quarries and mined pits have been reclaimed and are now offering a wide variety of diverse land uses. The following pictures show resort hotels, a marina and condominiums built on reclaimed quarry land.
  

an overview of the development around a limestone quarry near Lake Michigan. A golf course built on the kiln dust pile, a marina, resort hotel, and condos are all part of the new uses for the reclaimed land.

condos built above the limestone quarry.

a view from "The Quarry" nine-hole golf course of condos under construction.

condos surrounding a portion of the golf course. Both the golf course and homes were built in and around the cliffs of the clay pits.


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