Islanders urged to have their say on asphalt plant

Perhaps protest campaigners should not expect too much success at winning their cause, as the newly planned ashpalt plant is virtually a dead cert to be built ! Why ? Take a look at the massive campaign launched by BRAG, (Brading Residents Action Group), over the last few years to prevent the old Wax Museum being redeveloped, in an unsuitable way for Brading. At the last hurdle, all points and concerns raised at all types of meetings by hundreds of local folk were ignored, and the developer had their way, more or less, as the original proposal. Have your say ? Yes, but don`t expect more beyond that !

well said lee, i mentioned something similar when this first came to light, it is a great idea so wont be implemented, as you say we dont like change, good or bad

I think with something new that is planned for the island, and I am being serious here, the people who put in a planning application for something like this, or wind turbines, or any high profile change to our landscape etc, should pay for a coach and hotel and take nearby island residents and/or concerned islanders to a plant which is near identical on the mainland so they can have first hand experience of what it will be like to live around, as us islanders do not like change, but sometimes change is good.

Its not like a nuclear power station or a steel making blast furnace, its just a plant to make proper black top for our roads, instead of that spray on rubbish that has caused trouble and delay on Island roads all summer.

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