Welsh dredging decision arouses local ire
Environmental Issues - August 6, 2007
News sources in the UK say more than a million tonnes of sand are set to be dredged from aggregates sources close to beaches in the Gower Peninsula in Wales following a decision to give the green light to resume dredging off Helwick Bank, a couple of miles off Rhossili.
The decision follows a bitter 13-month public inquiry.
Outraged local campaigners say they have been "treated with contempt," but a Welsh Assembly minister has now ruled that a company can dredge 150,000 tonnes a year from the area for the next seven years. (This is less than the 300,000 tonnes a year for 15 years that the company had originally wanted".
The decision is a significant blow to campaigners who have claimed the dredging is responsible for disappearing sands from local beaches.
Anti-dredging campaigners claim that removing sand from near the Gower peninsula leaves its beaches more vulnerable to storms. They claim it has resulted in sand levels dropping alarmingly in holiday hotspots like Port Eynon, and more than 25,000 people signed a petition opposing the application by Llanelli Sand Dredging (LSDL).
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