Further reaction after East Riding vote on proposals to store nuclear waste in South Holderness area
Councillors decided to withdraw from the consultation process
Its claimed there needs to be more attention on getting investment into East Yorkshire after Councillors voted to pull out of talks about a nuclear waste site.
Officials claimed the project would bring thousands of jobs to the South Holderness area but now there are calls to look at other investment opportunities.
The vote yesterday means the council will no longer support the consultation process.
They say it was clear there was strong public opposition and therefore decided to withdraw their backing.
Councillor Anne Handley, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said:
Councillors have considered all these views and have decided to withdraw
“In the past few weeks, many people within the community have made it clear that they find this idea unpalatable and do not want South Holderness to be part of the conversation.
“Many other people have attended the drop-in events curious to find out more about the long-term benefits a GDF could bring to its host community.
“Councillors have today considered all these views and decided that it is right to withdraw from this process.”
We got reaction from campaigners afterwards.
Lynn Massey-Davis says:
"The prospect of having a nuclear dump and having waste put into our area and the damage that it would do - we knew that it would harm to tourism and the uncertainty was damaging."
None of us want to live near a nuclear dump
"For every job they said they were going to create we'd lose one in tourism."
Another campaigner Rachel Wray said:
"I don't know why they would think of this area to be quite honest."
"It's a lovely rural area and hasn't the infrastructure to support something like this anyway."
13 year old William from Patrington also spoke to us.
He said: "When my mum was losing sleep over it and was very stressed - not her usual self."
"I thought there's a bit of a problem here I should definitely help her out as much as I can."
"I think the future would be very uncertain - none of us would want to live near a nuclear dump."
Nuclear Waste Services say they fully respect the council’s decision to withdraw from the GDF siting process.