Guernsey: Digging into the quarry decision (1 October 2021)
The States has made a political decision committing to local quarrying for the next 30 or so year. The proposed site at the Chouet Headland was preferred to a reliance on full importation of aggregate - which some say would only have moved the environmental questions "out of sight, out of mind". Others have questioned whether the decision simply delays the inevitable, with the Headland the last identified site for quarrying. Express spoke to Ronez Director Steve Roussel following the debate to discuss the issues at stake, the alternatives that are being developed, and what comes next in a project Ronez first raised with the States seven years ago...
The States has made a political decision committing to local quarrying for the next 30 or so year. The proposed site at the Chouet Headland was preferred to a reliance on full importation of aggregate - which some say would only have moved the environmental questions "out of sight, out of mind". Others have questioned whether the decision simply delays the inevitable, with the Headland the last identified site for quarrying. Express spoke to Ronez Director Steve Roussel following the debate to discuss the issues at stake, the alternatives that are being developed, and what comes next in a project Ronez first raised with the States seven years ago...
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