"Local Liberal Democrats have demanded that Haringey Council intervenes, after the top boss at the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) this week refused to attend a public meeting on the controversial plans to build a waste processing plant at Pinkham Way.
"In April 2011, Lynne Featherstone MP asked David Beadle, the managing director of the NLWA to speak at a meeting to raise awareness about proposals to build the waste plant, and to listen to local concerns before the NLWA submitted the planning application to Haringey Council.
"Following the rebuff by NLWA, Lynne Featherstone MP has today written to the Labour representatives who sit on the publicly-funded NLWA board, Councillors Nilgun Canver and George Meehan, asking that they personally intervene, by asking the top boss to reconsider the invitation.
Lynne Featherstone MP comments:
"The consultation into plans to build a huge waste plant at Pinkham Way to date has been shambolic. I’m really disappointed that the waste authority has refused to address these concerns by attending a public meeting.
Being at the meeting and being prepared to listen to local residents, before submitting the plans, would have gone some way towards giving residents assurances that their concerns will be heard.
The NLWA is a public body, funded by local tax payers – they should feel duty-bound to attend a meeting, and engage with residents over these major plans. I have today therefore written to councillors Meehan and Canver, asking them encourage Mr Beadle to reconsider.
I share many residents’ fears about the plans to build this huge waste plant in a residential area, and right next to local schools. The area already suffers from bad traffic, and over 330 lorries entering and exiting the site each day will make a bad situation worse. Rest assured, I will stand alongside residents in fighting these plans."
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