In contrast to Aggregate Industries’ nonsensical scheme in Devon, the one that proposes to haul each load of as-dug sand and gravel a climate-unfriendly 75km round trip for processing, Dorset Council has granted permission for Raymond Brown Group to move its processing plant at Binnegar Quarry – thereby saving 4km for each round trip.
Dorset’s Head of Planning was obviously pleased to report:
Due to the reduction in distance that the off-highway dump trucks would need to travel there would be a reduction in the emissions of Carbon Dioxide.
and that furthermore:
there would be highway safety benefits because off highway dumpers would no longer need to cross the public highway
When Devon’s Head of Planning eventually reports on Straitgate, no such claims will be possible; in fact, quite the reverse.
