Posted on December 21, 2025
At a packed town hall meeting on Wednesday night, White Township residents said they are living in disharmony with their quarry neighbor.
Local officials agreed to begin enforcing a new amendment that will limit township truck import loads to 25 trucks at 600 tons max, and ban operating on weekends and holidays.
Two companies challenged the ordinance at a meeting Wednesday night.
Hard Rock Trucking and Harmony Sand and Gravel, which operates two gravel pits in the township, argued the amendments could cause detrimental losses for their companies.
According to the township’s engineer Colliers Engineering, Adam Wisniewski, approximately 1,000 tons of material was recorded being imported by the company per month, on average. Last month the township observed the company Harmony Sand and Gravel import approximately 1700 tons, more than 500 trucks over a four-day period.
Residents of Foul Rift Road championed the ordinance Wednesday night. The roadway has been covered in mud or debris for the past several months and is not intended for the increased local traffic it’s experiencing, they said.
Frederick Polk, 79, said it’s like living in a “hell hole.” “My wife and I don’t deserve to live like that,” he yelled from the back of a packed township committee meeting on Dec. 17.
He said he and his wife are experiencing the side effects from increased dust inhalation, as well.
Several other residents agreed.
“When it was just a gravel pit it was a dream,” one public meeting attendee called from the crowd.
A spokesman for Hard Rock Trucking asked lawmakers to allow his company to continue operating under its current levels.
The meeting followed similar action taken in nearby Harmony Township last week. On Dec. 8, Harmony Township committee members voted to implement new regulations targeting quarry operations along Route 519.
Attorney Scott Wilhelm called both actions “anti-Harmony Sand and Gravel.”
“We will always be open to further discussions,” said Committee member Arnold Hyndman.
Read the original article on lehighvalleylive.com.
