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Politicians divided over incineration plan
Local politicians seemed to be divided this week over plans for a gasification plant to be located on the outskirts of Derry. The huge plant will cost approximately £220m to construct. It will cover 150,000sq ft with the recycling contracts valued at £500m over 25 years. The funding for the project has been sourced over threeand-a-half years and includes a £35m contribution from the Executive. Following a meeting last week by those opposed to the plant the Minister for the Environment Mark H Durkan said he wanted to hear more views on
the matter. He said: “This ultimately falls on me. “There has been quite a bit of public debate and talk and I want to learn more about what people from both sides want. “The plant has planning permission and will ultimately require permitting permission and that means it will come to my desk. “I came to the meeting to listen and to take away people’s views.” However Mr. Durkan’s party colleague Colr. Shaun Gallagher said that fears about the proposed plant were ‘misplaced’
and added that the turnout for last week’s meeting was ‘disappointing.’ He added: “This is a massive good news story for the whole of the north west, not least because of the job creation aspect. “But also it will mean that Derry City Council, instead of putting 120,000 tonnes of waste into landfill, will be able to reduce that figure to 3,000 tonnes. “It is critical that we reach our waste management target because failing to do so will result in severe penalties. But this also means that we are dealing with our waste and not dumping it into landfill and leaving it
for future generations to deal with.” Shaun Gallagher added: “I have heard suggestions that some people think this is just an incinerator but it absolutely is not. I was at the forefront of the campaign that opposed the incinerator that was proposed for Derry years ago and I would not allow my name to be associated with this project if it wasn’t environmentally sound.” If the the site becomes operational, it will recycle waste from seven council areas — Derry City, Strabane, Limavady, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Magherafelt and Moyle.