Representation by Karen Scott Champion
- Date submitted
- 1 November 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Please ensure that due to Wisbech being close to parts of Lincolnsire and Norfolk that these Counties are given full consultation on the proposed facility. Both Wisbech and Kings Lynn have areas of deprivation and poor education and health outcomes compared to the more affluent areas of their respective counties. The road infrastructure is poor and the few trunk roads are well beyond their expected capacity, a situation exacerbated by seasonal holiday traffic drawn by a wonderful coastline. At peak traffic the network of poor quality fen c roads are punished by traffic pushing around accidents or traffic jams which has an impact on farm traffic at peak season. Please refuse this application on traffic, damage to road infrastructure and health. There would also be a considerable cost in ensuring that the Environment Agency were properly resourced to monitor and enforce current / future regulations governing this type of plant. Please learn from Cambridgeshire's experiece with the Landbeach waste facility. They talked a good talk but subsequent commercial companies running the facility had regular accidental fires and other issues whilst mismanaging the plant