Management of Abandoned Aggregate Properties

The MAAP program, administered by The Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation (TOARC), is dedicated to the rehabilitation of ‘abandoned pits and quarries' (pits and quarries that have not been under a licence or permit since the Aggregate Resources Act came into force on January 1 st, 1990) and to funding research on aggregate resource management, including rehabilitation.

The MAAP program is funded by the aggregate industry through the current annual licence fee structure (the program receives 1/2 cent for every tonne removed from licences and wayside permits each year).

Since 1990, over $3.7 million has been spent on rehabilitating 291 hectares of land, at an average cost of $12,747 per hectare.