- Target:
- Environment Secrectary
- Region:
- United Kingdom
- Website:
- www.rosso.talktalk.net
Rossington nr Doncaster has been chosen as the best site to build a 1000 sq acre rail port. The railport being for the importation of cheap Chinese goods directly into the heart of our country.
To build this, the developers plan to remove Rossington's pit tip and spread it over hundreds of acres of prime farm land. Along with filling in our flood plains to stop the railport from flooding and building a 3 mile link road. Then an estimated 5000+ new houses will be built around the village. In effect encircling us with new developments and removing our much used green belt land.
This removal will affect -Buzzards , Swans , Barn Owls , King fishers, Voles, Deer, Orchids, Dragon flys and hundreds of other species that live within the confines of this natural wildlife haven. With the Yorkshire wildlife trust backing the developments due to there funding by HSBC bank.
HSBC being connected with more than one of the developers. And indeed being a one time owner of the intended main occupier of the site. These developments will bring ruin to our area with small businesses not being able to compete against the estimated 1 million tons of imports a year expected on our door step. Along with the expected 200,000 HGV movements a year. Our roads cannot cope now and our council cannot cope with the roads they already service.
All in all this stupidity by councils to raise capital from business rates needs to stop. This stupidity of building on flood plains needs to stop. This stupidity of allowing more and more imports into our recession hit country must stop.
WE NEED TO STAND UP AND SAY NO TO THE ROSSINGTON RAILPORT .
We the undersigned feel that the Proposed railport at Rossington nr Doncaster in the county of South Yorkshire will be detrimental to both our economy and wildlife on such a scale that it will have a national impact upon our economy.
We petition that the minister call the developments concerned in for an enquiry at the earliest possible opportunity, with the view to postponing all works until such a public enquiry has been undertaken.
The National importance of these developments with their far reaching implications is such that an enquiry should have been undertaken in the first instance.
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The Save Rossington from Development petition to Environment Secrectary was written by Chris Judd and is in the category Environment at GoPetition.