Representation by Jonathan Bowman Thompson
- Date submitted
- 4 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
There are many things to say, probably too many against this project. So I'll just summarise the core points. Firstly it's going to be an absolute eyesore, just its visual presence will hurt house prices. Not to mention it will deter people from wanting to move into the area, but also businesses as well, which will impact the local economy in a very negative way. Then there's the impact to the environment. It's going to be devastating to native wildlife let alone the damage it will cause to the planet. How anyone in this day and age can propose such a project, its irresponsible and frankly disgusting. Of course then there's the extreme risk to the health of the people not just in the town but also the villages in the surrounding area. An increase in childhood asthma and a dire risk to those already with health issues particularly breathing related ones. And finally there's the amount of extra traffic that will be coming in and out. I already have to travel quite far for work, and the amount of traffic on the roads even on non peak times is a lot, I have to leave an hour and a half before I start in order to make sure I arrive in time, just to travel 18 miles. That's an hour more than it should take with little traffic. And speaking of traffic need I have to tell you the amount of pollution that all this extra traffic is going to cause, adding to the health issues that will be caused by this incinerator as well as the environmental issues. So much for the government claiming that our country's pollution will drop by significantly by 2040.