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Ipswich ASDA – Open at last

James Spencer — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:01:36 +0000

This is from the Conservative leaflet:

After years of waiting, ASDA finally opened their Stoke Park store on August Bank Holiday Monday. The store will be a huge boost to the area bringing in local jobs but we will be watching to make sure that ASDA are sensitive to being in the middle of a residential area.

We have already been reassured that the bright ASDA signs will be controlled and be switched off when the store is closed. It is also good to hear that trolleys cannot be taken off site as their wheels will lock if pushed over the perimeter of the site. Finally, the pathway linking the site and Lanercost Way is back in use. The store is open 24 hours, with deliveries being from 0700 at the earliest.

Southern Cement – the media take an interest

James Spencer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:29:40 +0000

I got a call this afternoon from the Evening Star about the Southern Cement fiasco. They’ve got wind of the council officers’ proposed climbdown and wanted to know what the Noise Action Group thought. They actually sounded angry, I suppose they got a promise out of Steve Rock who saw fit to cancel the meeting as soon as he thought that no one was looking.

It’s not the refusal of a couple of council officials to meet us that rankles, councillors from both parties are keeping us up to date and the Council Officials will have to meet with residents soon in some form. What rankles is the refusal of Uniland/Southern Cement’s Ipswich manager, Barry Neale, to even talk to us.

This seems more like commercial suicide than anything else. Who would want to deal with a company that is constantly at risk of being shut down by a private court action, council enforcement or public protest?

What better way to calm down angry residents than meeting them?

Uniland SA: At least they’re showing some interest

James Spencer — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:07:01 +0000

I was going through my statistics today and noticed the search Ipswich Noise Abatement Group (this blog comes first). I rarely take these things that seriously but I thought I’d find out who’s looking at this, from the web address 80.34.174.215, and what do you know, it’s owned by Telefonica de Espana.

Looking further it seems that 11.05% of my web hits are from Spain. Allow for the fact that this is getting low traffic (it’s a new blog, I say defensively) that’s still abnormal. You’d expect a few people to be assigned wrongly (1.93% of my visitors are from the Republic of Moldova), but not this wrongly.

So the only people who would be interested are Uniland SA, the parent company of Southern Cement, the most offensive noise polluter in Ipswich port.

So a big Hola to all you Catalan cement makers, and please keep the noise down.

Southern Cement – more southern than you’d think

James Spencer — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:11:04 +0000

Sometimes it’s hardest to see what’s in front of your own nose. So hidden in plain view is a very important fact, Southern Cement- the people causing misery for all those people in the Hayes, in the Maidenhall Estate, on the Wherstead Road and in Chatsworth Crescent, is in fact the British subsidiary of Uniland SA, a large Spanish cement company. It was on their homepage:

http://www.southerncement.co.uk/

Southern Cement still holds itself out as quite independent saying “This gives us the benefit of independence in the UK with the support of one of Europe’s leading cement manufacturers”.

They were bought out in 2004, not long after they started, although there doesn’t seem to be any press mention of Uniland, which makes it sounds a lot more British.

In fact, according to their results, they make up rougly 1-2% of the turnover and employees of the group.

So not only are they disturbing our sleep two weeks in three they are not even the British based independent that they claim to be.

No wonder they are happy to crank up the noise pollution, they don’t just not live in this town – they don’t even live in this country.

The Cement Ship Shriek – What are Southern Cement playing at?

James Spencer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:32:52 +0000

Southern Cement seem to be doing their best to keep you up at night. On Tuesday night they were going at full pelt with that annoying and constant high pitched shriek guaranteed to keep people up as far as Chatsworth Crescent and Laurelhayes. They then stopped yesterday during the day, only to start again around 7.30 PM. They then stopped at around nine this morning.

This is beyond inconsiderate, it is going out of their way to taunt residents. To stop during the day and work at night not only extends loading times, it also means that extra power is needed for floodlights and I doubt the contractors charge less for working such unsocial hours.

Ipswich Port: The Noise starts again

James Spencer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:20:00 +0000

I have heard reports that the Southern Cement landing crew is ready to start up again.

If you are disturbed by an incessant high pitched noise then please make sure you ring the environmental health department on 01473 433115 or email environmentalprotection@ipswich.gov.uk as soon as you are disturbed. This is especially the case at night as it is necessary to give a case that this is producing a statutory nuisance.

It would be helpful if you could additionally email me on james@bridgeward.org.uk if you are having any problems.