Noisy tip Options

[Darren]

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article...articleID=11376

Are the workers going to be made to wear slippers?
The lorries have cushions around the wheels?

I'm guessing the complaints have come from Priory Place, not far from the old site.

Is this case of we were here first?

[Hugh Saskin]

Surprised the people complaining can hear anything above the roar of traffic on the A339

[Iommi]

Surprised the people complaining can hear anything above the roar of traffic on the A339

Clearly, West Berkshire Council agree with the residents.

[Hugh Saskin]

Clearly, West Berkshire Council agree with the residents.

Yes, and clearly we can deduce who will ultimately end up paying for any remedial measures, and you may depend it won't be Veolia shareholders.

[JeffG]

Yes, and clearly we can deduce who will ultimately end up paying for any remedial measures, and you may depend it won't be Veolia shareholders.

How do you arrive at that conclusion?

66 Reduction of noise levels

(1) If it appears to the local authority—

( a) that the level of noise emanating from any premises to which a noise abatement order applies is not acceptable having regard to the purposes for which the order was made; and

( b) that a reduction in that level is practicable at reasonable cost and would afford a public benefit,

the local authority may serve a notice on the person responsible.

(2) The notice shall require that person—

( a) to reduce the level of noise emanating from the premises to such level as may be specified in the notice;

( b) to prevent any subsequent increase in the level of noise emanating from those premises without the consent of the local authority; and

( c) to take such steps as may be specified in the notice to achieve those purposes.
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(8) A person who without reasonable excuse contravenes a noise reduction notice shall be guilty of an offence against this Part of this Act.

[Hugh Saskin]

How do you arrive at that conclusion?

If I were Veolia, then I would be preparing to submit a contract variation claim, arguing that the method statements previously agreed by WBC in respect of the working arrangements at the tip (and particularly those regarding the control of noise), were deemed adequate by the council at the time the contract for running the site was signed.
I would also argue that additional costs resulting from a revised method of working would need to be borne by WBC and not by the contractor.

[RedDevil]

Surprised the people complaining can hear anything above the roar of traffic on the A339

I certainly couldn't hear anything from the tip over the traffic on the news last night.

[Hugh Saskin]

I certainly couldn't hear anything from the tip over the traffic on the news last night.

Presume you live to the east of the A339 then? That stretch of the road, being three carriageways and with vehicles climbing two of them uphill, always seems a noisy place