Advice to Steve Chinn
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- Steve Chinn
- Date advice given
- 1 October 2010
- Enquiry type
I must protest at the way EDF are treating us at Combwich. They don`t seem to care about the residents at all. What they have planned for us in their stage 2 consultation proposal is ludicrous.
They started the stage 2 consultation with a visit to our village hall spreading out all the information so we could see for ourselves what they had planned. Now bare in mind that in stage 1 Combwich was just going to have the Wharf refurbished for the deliveries of AILs and some other materials!. Suddenly we have an 80 acre Freight logistics site next door to the village. Not only next door but within 200 metres of residential properties. This caused uproar amongst the villagers. All the information that was put out by EDF and the extra information I received via registered mail did not mention Fabrication Buildings . It was only the fact that one of the parish councillors painstakingly read through 9000 pages of what Arup called erroneous and misleading information that he discovered what EDF really had planned for us. How can that be right?. Why did they not show the Fabrication Buildings on any of the information they displayed in the village hall?. Why did they not mention anywhere in the information sent to me via registered mail anything about the Fabrication Buildings or the bus park. Surely they new what they were up to. If so they lied and tried to deliberately hide information from the public. You do not forget Fabrication Buildings of 120metres and 60metres. Why have such a huge logistics centre so close to a residential area? It is so unnecessary, The disruption to peoples lives will be horrendous and no amount of mitigation or compensation can make it right. There is plenty of room out on the coast for the Fabrication Buildings and for storage, It makes more sense security wise to keep things in a more confined space as opposed to spreading it all across the countryside. Also I dont see any compelling evidence for not putting in place proper infrastructure in the way of roads or bypasses .Again the disruption to the local people of Bridgwater , Cannington, Combwich, Stogursey and Shurton will be horrendous and again no amount of mitigation or compensation will make it right . I have read through the information and can not see anywhere where EDF say how many lorries will be passing the Combwich junction on the c182. Nowhere can I see any studies looking at what would happen if there was a major incident at Hinkley C or on the A39. Traffic will come to a stand still with the slightest problem. Any new road or bypass should avoid populated areas it is possible the only thing that's stopping EDF doing the right thing is cost. I say if it costs too much to do the job right, then HINKLEY POINT isnt the right place for the new power station. If you are going to build something like this on the cheap you are going to get problems and delays. Look at Flamanville and the problems theyre having.
EDF have failed to keep to the governments own guidelines and have therefore failed the consultation process. THEY MUST GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD .There are other places in England that are just as suitable as Hinkley point. Also lets not forget that the nuclear reactor that is planned has not yet been tried and tested . We are allowing a foreign nation to come over here and practice on us. We should wait until Flamanville is up and running before we commit to this new technology. If it all goes wrong it will be us that will pick up the bill.
Steve Chinn.
Advice given
Thank you for your email of 28 September 2010.
I have read your comments regarding the impact that you feel the proposed development will have upon the village of Combwich, and they will be seen by a Commissioner when an application is submitted, but I regret I cannot add anything to the advice we gave you in our email of 15 September 2010.
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