Representation by Kieran Garrett
- Date submitted
- 6 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The area does not have the infrastructure to support the extra traffic this will bring, the road network can’t and does not support our current level of traffic. This area of the country is the only one in the UK without a motorway to allow big traffic movement, yet this has not been taken into Account. The area where the site is detailed to be placed is near schools, having heavy goods vehicles operating near schools with young children is a recipe for disaster with traffic accidents rising. And not only the danger of traffic near schools, but the emissions of the vehicles bringing in waste and the plant itself emitting emissions near a school seems like air population due diligence hasn’t been conducted. How can you expect to send your children to schools knowing full well the air they’re breathing each day is polluted by being so close to this site. All governments and territories globally are Cutting their emissions requirements to make the world a better place and the UK government seem To be bucking that trend by letting any old industry pollute the air as much as they wish so long as they pay enough money to the right people. I work in emissions regulation for vehicles so I know how the next set of regulations will be reducing the emissions requirements 10 fold to reduce pollution, yet where are the regulations and the published pollution levels of these nice incinerators? Further tests need to be conducted Looking at pollution levels that will inevitably ruin a small town and contaminate a large number of adults and most importantly children. Seems it’s another case of ‘I don’t want that near me, but sod the others’ from people in charge of making these decisions. I guess the governments pockets are being lined well enough to look the other way. ‘Some of you may die, but that’s the price I’m willing to pay’ attitude from the government shows the gulf in understanding what the normal people of this country need and want, we aren’t listened to unless there’s a general election and a vote needs to be won.