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-9- 3 ) Increased Truck Traffic. Although Mr. Merian contends that relocating his operation from Shelton to Waverly Road will not increase truck traffic on Shelton Road, he is clearly in error. Besides the increases due to the addition of a cement batching operation , trucks which now use the Shelley Road access to the Calaveras plant site (all the trucks which haul eastward, a significant portion of Stockton Sand and Gravel business) would be forced to travel on Shelton all the way back to Escalon-Bellota Road to gain access to Highway 26 . As a condition to avoid the road safety hazards listed in numbers 2 and 3 above, the applicant should be required to provide material for the paving of Waverly Road to the south of the landfill facility and Flood Road from Waverly Road to Escalon-Bellota Road . Trucks should be required to use that route. This would give the heavy truck traffic a much safer route, avoiding the "Y" intersection and the blind curves along Shelton Road . (An additional benefit to the County of this plan would be a more-direct route through sparsely populated areas for transport of garbage from Lovelace Station. ) 4) Gravel and Asphalt Spills. Loaded trucks frequently spill portions of their loads on County roads leaving the current excavation site . These spills would be particularly likely and dangerous at the "Y" intersection described in number 2 above. Although some of these trucks may not be legally overloaded by weight, they are frequently loaded so that material spills over easily. Stockton Sand and Gravel siould be required to load the trucks with no more material than can be hauled without spills . The County should hold the applicant responsible for spills on County roads , for the damage and hazard they cause. The County should require that the applicant post a performance bond adequate to cover road damage and liability associated with the safety hazards created by the spills. E. Operating Hours Consistent with Residential Uses Since the site of the proposed excavation is within 135 feet of an existing residence, the hours of the proposed operation would have to be consistent with residential uses. Mr. Merian ' s existing operation produces noise which is clearly audible more than one mile from the project; as noted above, he has double-shifted the plant, operating very late into the night and very early in the morning.