Surely it's quite simple.Developers move in to site, cause a year or more of noise, damage and pollution, whilst all around residents, council tax paying residents put up with all the upheaval noise and mostly dust. Potholes, damaged highways, kerbstones, sewers and pavements get damaged and never get repaired or enforced to repair. The damage litters this town .And yet barely anything gets fixed or put right. The the council " Cannot afford it.'They should not have to. It needs to be enforced and billed to the developers/constructors.But the problem is extra population, overstretched infrastructure of almost all facets and yet noting spent locally, all hived off to other areas.It is either flawed or being abused. But it ought to be quite simple. The money gained, whatever the moral standpoint should be spent in the district affected.How can our councillors sit back and let that pass by? Slack and complacent or playing politics?It's not good enough and the long term problems are going to be a legacy that no-one involved will be proud of.Look at the disgraceful cover up and debacle of the asbestos concrete crushing on site at what was Alfa-Laval. Every single person within 1/2 a mile radius will have been contaminated by the unchecked dust , wetted down by just one garden hosepipe over 3 dry windy weeks before someone had proper dusting down sprayers brought in.Not a word from LBH Environment people - who have plenty to say on unsubstantiated supposition pollution related deaths or the H&S who were alerted but made it almost impossible for public to report this. Both did nothing.But when a real known risk emerges, they are in the bunker with ear plugs and dark glasses on.So how much CIL or Section 106 will be needed in 20 years time if a spike appears with asbestos related illnesses start to emerge? Will that be set aside to compensate residents?
Raymond Havelock ● 2517d