Larne sewerage treatment capacity a
monumental error- Stewart
Ulster Unionist MLA for East Antrim John
Stewart has described confirmation from NI Water that the Larne Wastewater
Treatment Works has already reached its capacity as a monumental error with
serious repercussions for house building and economic growth in the Larne area.
John Stewart MLA said:
“In July I wrote to the Chief Executive
of NI Water (letter attached) regarding rumours that the Wastewater Treatment
Plant at Redlands was already at full capacity- despite having only been
officially opened 11 year ago, with statements at the time stating that it was
future proofed up to at least 2030.
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| At Larne Water Treatment Works |
The senior managers who were dispatched
to my office to answer the points made in my letter have confirmed the worst
fears- the treatment works at Redlands is already at full capacity and there is
little or no room to expand the works on the site. They blame added
pressure from the Caterpillar plant and the Blackhead area. Why they did
not expect this remains unanswered.
“This is a monumental error and a
colossal miscalculation on behalf of those who planned, designed and
commissioned the Redlands Plant.
“Statements made at the time are now,
with the benefit of hindsight, plain wrong. It is now up to NI Water to
come up with a solution to this major failure, but as it stands, any new
housing development is not going to be given permission to connect to the
public sewerage system in Larne.
“This will have a major impact on
planned new development because they will now have to factor in the provision
of onsite waste treatment in order to get their plans passed and permission to
build. What effect this will have on the price of a house remains to be
seen. What is clear is that this failure to plan for the future will have
serious repercussions for house building and economic growth in the Larne
area.”
ENDS
Note to Editor
See attached letter below from John Stewart to
Sara Venning, CEO of NIW dated 17 July 2018
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