Residents in Marks Gate on the border of the contaminated land are serously concerned by how close the 'capping' will come to them.
The yellow and red shows the capping area, which will be around 6 meters high (the height of a giraffe). The idea is that the weight of the 6m of clay soil will compact all the landfill and flush out the contaminated liquid/decay.
Residents in Marks Gate are worried about:
Potential subsidence
Height of the capping
Noise, lack of privacy, dust, dirt, pollution
Transport issues
Loss of wildlife, bats are a regular sight along with Barn Owls
Transport Issues
60 to 100 muck lorries a day coming down Billet Road. The black line shows the setup period when 15 lorries an hour will go to the site between 6am to 9am and 3pm to 6pm. They will dump the clay and leave so that is 30 lorries an hour on Billet Road and surrounding roads!
