Petersburg Pilot -

Rock-N-Road Construction proposed to make needed modifications to the Petersburg Borough’s rock quarry and mud dump access road in exchange for up to 60 thousand cubic yards of borough rock to use for the new hospital site.

The proposal benefits the borough by allowing further development of the borough’s quarry, which is currently exhausted with a shortage of accessible rock, and will also save money on the new hospital project.

The Petersburg Borough Assembly approved this trade during a regular meeting on Dec. 5.

According to Public Works, all of the easily-accessible rock in the wal...