Representation by Michael William Mead
- Date submitted
- 7 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Proposal for incinerator to be built on the edge of town, next to housing, very near to a large school, poor road links and more than 300 lorry movements a day bringing up to half a million tons of household and commercial waste to be stored and then burned in the town each year. Creating toxic waste that has to be transported from the area by road. Limited unsuitable access. Local infrastructure will not cope with the traffic movements being proposed. In population centre. Near to schools. Local businesses say they will close or relocate with loss of jobs. Proposed site in low lying area prone to high water table. Food growing area that should not be put at risk from pollution. Fenland has the highest levels of deprivation in Cambridgeshire and this incinerator would only serve to exacerbate the situation.