Lamington bid to block quarry
LAMINGTON villagers have formed an action group in a bid to block controversial plans for a massive quarry near the banks of the River Clyde.
Around 100 people attended a two-hour public meeting in Lamington Village Hall this week to express their anger at a proposal to excavate five million tons of sand and gravel over the next decade from a 35 hectare site near Overburns Farm.
Action group spokeswoman Caroline Parker, of Lamington's Broadfield Farm, told the Gazette: "We don't think it's right that an outsider is coming in to commercially exploit a beautiful environmental area.
"We had a show of hands and 100 per cent of the local people present voted against the quarry."
Developers Patersons of Greenoakhill Ltd estimate that the quarry would
generate an average of 55 lorry loads of sand and gravel every day, with work being carried out at the site from 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and from 7am to 1pm on Saturdays.
Patersons is expected to lodge official plans for the quarry next month and has stated that the development would create new jobs.
For more information on this story, pick up a copy of this week's Carluke and Lanark Gazette.
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