A petition with over 720 signatures has been forwarded to Gosford Council in opposition of the proposed rezoning of land on Kerns Rd, Kincumber, to permit a resource recovery facility on the site.
According to petitioners, a large family orientated housing estate is located within 150 metres of the site and a number of residences within 50 metres. “A proposal that rezones land to allow a waste recycling plant should not be permitted near large clusters of residential housing,” stated petition organisers. “It is clearly inappropriate to have land surrounded by residential homes re-zoned to permit: grinding and crushing large volumes of demolition waste, concrete and bitumen which creates toxic dusts; processing of vegetation, agri-waste food and restaurant waste to turn it into compost; and dumping and processing of wastes such as engine oil, scrap metal, tyres, vehicle batteries and electronic waste.”
Email, 9 Sep 2014
Kerns Rd Movement