Green Party

Green Party County Councillor Andrew Boswell says that an independent review into the decision making process around the County Council decision to award the contract to build an incinerator in Kings Lynn is essential to restore public confidence.

A motion has been tabled to the Full County Council meeting for Monday January 16th to debate having an independent review.

Councillor Boswell says ‘I first asked the Chief Executive for such an independent review in June last year when I could see that the public had lost confidence in Norfolk County Council. It was essential then to restore confidence, it is even more essential now. It is over six months since I first suggested it, and it is disgraceful that the Council has created every possible obstacle to prevent a full investigation into the public's concerns.‘

Councillor Boswell also said that it was important for the Council to relook at its waste strategy in the face of the overwhelming opposition to incineration.

He says: "Whatever the outcome, the Council needs to face up to the huge opposition, across Norfolk to incineration as a waste disposal method, demonstrated by the opposition to it by both Norwich City and Kings Lynn Councils. The choice is not between landfill and incineration, or ‘skyfill' - we need a new waste strategy that brings in much more innovative solutions so that we radically reduce our landfill without incineration. Simply, the Norfolk Waste Partnership Strategy is completely unviable since Norwich City Council reasserted its opposition to incineration and it needs to be rewritten as a matter of urgency."

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