It’s berthing now and will probably be starting at 10 AM.
Let us know at noise@bridgeward.org.uk if you hear anything
Bridge Ward News
News from Bridge Ward, Ipswich including the Hayes, Old Stoke, Prince of Wales Drive, Maidenhall Estate and Wherstead Road
Browsing the archives for the Southern Cement tag
13 Feb 10
Nick Herbert visits Bridge
Never heard of Nick Herbert?*
Well if the Tories do win the General Election you will hear about him a lot more. He’s the shadow environment spokesman for the Conservatives, so it’s a good chance he’ll become a minister if the Tories get in.
When I heard that he was coming down to help Ben Gummer I [...]
14 Jan 10
Port Focus Group
Due to my activity on the Souther Cement I’ve been asked to attend the port focus group.
I will put in a more full account later, but the important piece of news is that the council think that the reason why the noise has reduced is that Southern Cement have installed a silencer. In the Noise [...]
31 Dec 09
Southern Cement, are they being quieter?
Is it me or are Southern Cement being quieter recently? I’ve definitely had fewer complaints.
Is it some permanent change that they’ve made, an operational change that can be quickly reversed or is it some environmental factor connected to the weather over which they have no control.
The frustrating thing is that they are not talking to anyone [...]
20 Oct 09
No Noise Meeting
BBC Look East were publicising a public meeting about the Southern Cement noise in Ipswich today. There is as far as we know no such meeting.
There is a meeting of Babergh district council which is discussing the noise. Email me if you need any further information.
8 Oct 09
The Noise goes on
Isn’t it funny how the cement ship’s in the day after the public meeting? I wonder if there was a deliberate delay?
We will be talking about this to the Maidenhall Residents’ Association at the Bowls Pavilion in Halifax Road at 7pm tonight. (If you are not from Maidenhall then please remember that this will not be solely [...]
5 Oct 09
Port Noise: The Meeting is tomorrow
I know it’s becoming old news for the regular readers, but the public meeting is coming up. We’ve been saying that the council don’t listen to us, well they are now. If you don’t turn up they’ll say that you’re not interested.
It’s rumoured that the BBC may have more listeners than this blog has readers, [...]
