Anti-incinerator protesters will challenge councillors on site visit
PROTESTERS will challenge councillors when they visit the site planned for an incinerator at Haresfield.
Gloucestershire County Council's planning committee will visit the Javelin Park site on March 14 to look at where the £500million energy-from-waste plant would be built if they give it permission.
But campaign groups will descend on the area at 9.30am to let their views be known to decision makers.
The protest has been organised by campaign group GlosVain, which has an anti-incinerator campaign for several months.
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But a decision will be made by Gloucestershire county councillors on March 21 at a public meeting at 10am at Kingsholm Stadium.
3 Comments
by Ysedra
Saturday, March 02 2013, 12:33AM
“The shoe hasn't dropped with the 'cross-party' opposition. It'd be interesting to see who was protesting against incineration when it was the proposal of the Labour controlling group. Circa 2007, as I recall, and blocked by Conservatives. But what did Labour councillors think then?”
by JASB123
Friday, March 01 2013, 4:29PM
“@Ysedra - I hope you are right that this will be overturned because of the election. The penaltise imposed are self inflicted by an incompetent purchasing decision.
The business case for the incinerator is years old and out of date. Waste in the county is dropping and recycling is on the up.”
by Ysedra
Friday, March 01 2013, 2:38PM
“If GlosVAIN 'succeeds' ,it will be because the 2015 elections are getting too close to take a chance on giving this scheme the go-ahead. The Tory council will find a pretext to abandon it, in essence rolling over in the face of supposed public opinion (exaggerated in the media by the activists), in spite of the penalties incurred. The scheme won't, in other words, be scrapped because GlosVain won the argument, but because they employed whatever means it took to get their way, and hang honest persuasion, along with working together to find the optimum solution.
Which again, is going to be great practise for these people when they go up against the Tories in 2015, but still leaves us with a waste problem which will become a secondary concern, at best, for them once they have their 'victory'. Or will GlosVAIN's supporters continue to work on eliminating waste?”