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david brown

so for years the states have failed to notice , what ever happened to planned maintanance and the use of the sewer system by our overpopulated islanders.
a bit less use of tax payers money for steam clocks and tidal gauges and alike , could of gone a long way to our basic infrastructure.

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Adrian

I smell more stealth taxes in the pipeline…

Totally agree david about the steam clock it really annoys me when on the odd occasion I am forced to go to the building site that masquerades as a town and I have to be reminded of where the island has wasted its money.

By the way is the golden ball working now, or is it still stuck in mid air like it has been for the last how many years that I can remember?

How come the Victorian sewers in London are stilling going strong when ours are supposed to be modern? Surely not more substandard workmanship?

What about those still not on mains sewers (1 in 6) how much to connect them up? Another £200M?

How can anyone think of privatising a basic utility like sewerage and rubbish disposal? No one will be interested in paying will they? All this will do is create more fly tipping in the countryside and encourage people to not bother going onto the mains. What help is this to the environment?

I believe it is only a matter of time before everyone is encouraged to be on metered water by being offered a means to save on their water bills. I would beware of this, as once they know your water consumption they can charge you for your sewerage can’t they?

Save a few pounds on your water bill and pay hundreds on your sewerage tax. A win-win for the government in my opinion and a great way to espouse being green and getting the customer to pay for it.

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Nick

Now is the time for some joined up thinking on both sewage and rubbish disposal. My answer has me looking across to the Cherborg Peninsular where there is no shortage of space and third grade land.What better opportunity for a cooperative multi nationaleffort.
Firstly the new incinerator should be placed on hold and we should approach a port on the French Coast(preferably one that lacks ongoing commercial business)in a region that may also wish to update it’s sewage and rubbish disposal facilities.We should also involve the other Channel Islands should they wish to particpate.Instead of the incinerator at La Collette (Which we would resite in France)we should build a large rubbish sorting shed and a dock for New York style garbage vessels. Rubbish would then be pre sorted and shipped ex Island by garbage vessels to the French port where we cooperate to build a jointly funded incinerator, recycling unit and a new sewage disposal plant on land that they could specify (They have plenty to choose from). The French in the area would also be connected into the system.We then build a large pipe from Bellozanne across to France and connect it up to the new sewage plant. Guernsey and the other Channel Islands with the possible exception of Alderney’s sewage system could also be involved should they so wish.
Advantages:
1)Local jobs all round
2)New jobs (Crewing the garbage vessels/sorting the rubbish etc)
3)The rubbish ends up in France where recycled stuff can be easily sold on and transported by road and rail Europe wide.This would apply to the French areas rubbish as well.
4)Bellozanne can be closed down and rehabilitated
5)The by product of the sewage plant has direct access by road and rail to European agricultural nations.
6)Capital costs can be shared.
7) French port gets new lease of life.
Just in case anyone should start worrying that French sensibilities about their environment would be offended, all this would be state of the art stuff and I would point out the Nuclear waste dump further up the coast would represent more of an environmental threat.

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david brown

we must never privatise our waste, we will only be ripped off by the greed merchants , its already costly enough for some to make ends meet.

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