CAMPAIGNERS fighting against plans to extend a landfill site have gained support from local councillors.
The three North Tyneside Valley ward councillors - Brian Burdis, Carole Gambling and Angela Potter - have all pledged to support the fight to stop SITA UK extending the landfill site in Seghill for use until 2022.
The No to Landfill Campaign also m
et with Mr John Harrison, the elected mayor of North Tyneside, to voice their concerns over the 17 year extension.
Coun Burdis said after 40 years of living next to the landfill residents have a right to see an end when capacity is full.
He said: “Extending this site is not reasonable - the local communities in Seghill, Seaton Delaval, Holywell, Backworth and Earsdon have a right to a more peaceful life with access to the many leisure and recreational amenities which are threatened by this proposal.
“The money allocated from the government’s Coalfields Regeneration Scheme will restore and repair the damage done by 200 years of mining and industrial activity.
“It does not make sense to allow this extension which will destroy a further large swath of important countryside.”
The landfill site, which was due to close next year, straddles the border of Blyth Valley and North Tyneside and residents on both sides are against the expansion.
