Just finished the noise meeting which was quite productive. There were about 150 people there.
Some of the highlights:
- No one from Southern Cement wanted to speak or identify themselves, which was expected. No one from the Port of Ipswich did either, which was disappointing.
- There are plenty of people outside the Noise Action Group who are very angry. If Southern Cement and Uniland think that these people won’t cause problems if they’re snubbed, then Associated British Ports after the animal rights protests will have a different idea. Dialogue with the Noise Action Group will keep hot heads cool.
- It was nice of Chris Mole to turn up, but he gave a poor speech.
- Phil Smart gave a better speech than Chris Mole, and had the germ of a good idea with getting residents to talk to the port in general.
- There were lots of ideas for quietening the operation, some better than others.
- Nadia Cenci, who suffers from the noise, gave a great speech, asking not why, but how, to sue Southern Cement and Associated British Ports to close them down. Again this is another worse alternative than dialogue.
- There are people miles away who hear this. We knew that, but we found more.
- The dust is an emerging issue which is angering a lot of
- Council officers sounded well and truly peeved with Southern Cement’s refusal to talk to residents. After all at times they were being abused because Southern Cement won’t talk.
- Only one person refused to give their contact details at the end of the meeting.
So Southern Cement, I know that you read this blog, and I know you want a way out. It’s d-i-a-l-o-g-u-e . It’s better than being shut down.
