MP Tells ABP Port Director that ‘Local Residents Have Suffered Enough’
Sandra Osborne MP met with Nick Ridehalgh, Port Director of Associated British Ports in the House of Commons on Monday 24 October.
Sandra said:
‘I had called for a meeting with the Port Director of Associated British Ports (ABP) to raise my concerns and those of local residents with regard to the scrap yard at Ayr Port. This scrap yard has become a real nuisance to the local residents who live adjacent to the port and the noise and dust from the yard is troublesome and is totally interfering in the residents’ standard of life.
‘While I understand that various measures have been taken by site operators, EMR, such as increased dust
management efforts and plans to concrete the area, this is too little, too late, in my opinion. Local
residents have suffered long enough.
‘I put it to the Port Director during our meeting that the ideal scenario would be for the scrap yard to be moved away from this area adjacent to residents and for the whole area around the port and
other industrial sites to be regenerated to modern standards taking account of the needs of residents living in a mixed residential and industrial area’.
‘I will continue to work closely with local councillor Ian Cavana to press the Port, the yard operators and SEPA to take action to improve the local environment and quality of life for residents’.
Local Councillor Ian Cavana added:‘The situation at the scrap yard has escalated out of control with regard to levels of noise and dust and the residents are suffering the consequences. I have held meetings with the Port, the site operators and with SEPA to raise the concerns of residents and while I am aware that some measures have been taken by the operators to in an attempt to alleviate some of the problems, it is not nearly enough.
I will continue to press for more strenuous action to be taken to resolve these problems.’
Sandra Osborne MP met with Nick Ridehalgh, Port Director of Associated British Ports in the House of Commons on Monday 24 October.
Sandra said:
‘I had called for a meeting with the Port Director of Associated British Ports (ABP) to raise my concerns and those of local residents with regard to the scrap yard at Ayr Port. This scrap yard has become a real nuisance to the local residents who live adjacent to the port and the noise and dust from the yard is troublesome and is totally interfering in the residents’ standard of life.
‘While I understand that various measures have been taken by site operators, EMR, such as increased dust
management efforts and plans to concrete the area, this is too little, too late, in my opinion. Local
residents have suffered long enough.
‘I put it to the Port Director during our meeting that the ideal scenario would be for the scrap yard to be moved away from this area adjacent to residents and for the whole area around the port and
other industrial sites to be regenerated to modern standards taking account of the needs of residents living in a mixed residential and industrial area’.
‘I will continue to work closely with local councillor Ian Cavana to press the Port, the yard operators and SEPA to take action to improve the local environment and quality of life for residents’.
Local Councillor Ian Cavana added:‘The situation at the scrap yard has escalated out of control with regard to levels of noise and dust and the residents are suffering the consequences. I have held meetings with the Port, the site operators and with SEPA to raise the concerns of residents and while I am aware that some measures have been taken by the operators to in an attempt to alleviate some of the problems, it is not nearly enough.
I will continue to press for more strenuous action to be taken to resolve these problems.’