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   ;)  Green Lane protesters go large
Photos from the Green Lane Eco Park protest.
Full report, with video, to follow. 40 protesters made up of local residents and the active Monton Village Community Association met at the Queens Arms on Saturday to discuss their next move. Sky Properties, owners of a 19 hectare piece of land in the middle of Monton, are proposing a waste management facility on the currently unused plot. To local protesters, it sounds like an incinerator close to public parks and homes. It will include a 150ft (55m) flue chimney, dealing with waste paper and plastic, and will produce highly calorific gas to make fuel. However, plans to provide heat and power to the local community, which Energos supply to other local communities from their plants abroad have not been finalised and residents note that "there is no infrastructure in Monton to do so." Unfortunately for this arm of award-winning energy company ENER-G, "100% of the community is against this proposal", as chair of the meeting Hazel Blears explained. Both she and Salford Council cabinet came to the conculsion that the site was unsuitable for the amount of extra (heavy) traffic it would produce, with trucks ferrying recycling materials to and from the waste management facility, and along small trunk roads not capable of supporting them. And so the protesters descended on the piles of rubble where the Mitchell Shackleton site used to stand, waving bright pink placards and cheering at the cars beeping in support. Photos by Michael Hallsall Due to problems with spam only SalfordOnline members can now leave comments. Becoming a member of SalfordOnline only takes a minute, just hit the red Join Us button at the top right hand side of the page to create your Personal account. Got a news story? Need help with publicity for an event in Salford? Send it to newsdesk@salfordonline.com or call the SalfordOnline newsdesk on 0161 789 5377. |
