JULIA CALLS PUBLIC MEETING OVER WASTE TRANSFER STATION

12.00.00pm GMT Tue 24th Nov 2009

MP Julia Goldsworthy has called a public meeting to discuss the implications of the proposed new waste transfer station at United Downs. It comes as SITA have confirmed that they are preparing a planning application to use the site for a further four years.

Residents in St Day and Carharrack had been promised that the site would close in October 2010. But if the new application is approved, the site will remain open as a waste transfer station for the next four years, or until alternative provision can be found. The landfill part of the site will close according to its original timetable.

According to Cornwall council, traffic to and from the site will reduce to approximately half current levels. But Julia felt a public meeting would be appropriate as SITA are promising a consultation process about the application.

She said the meeting will give people the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns now, rather than waiting until a later date for the formal consultation: "When people in St Day and Carharrack were told the site would close in the autumn of 2010, they reasonably assumed that this would mean closure of the whole site, not just the landfill.

"Now it seems that last minute plans are in the offing to keep at least some parts of the site open for three to four year, meaning the misery of heavy goods traffic on the local village roads is set to continue.

"People locally have a right to know the full details of plans that are being made, and the timetable to implement them. This is why I'm calling a public meeting, so that their views and concerns can be raised, and their questions answered."

The meeting will take place at the Mills Hall, Carharrack on Thursday 3rd December at 6:30pm.