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EVANSTON AVENUE WASTE TRANSFER SITE

Leeds City Council is pushing ahead with plans to rebuild the Waste Transfer Facility on Evanston Ave., just off Kirkstall Road. Because it is so close to a school, businesses and houses, there is concern about the development, shared by Labour Councillors and Rachel.

The Kirkstall Burley Forum meeting will discuss this issue on Tuesday 8th September at 7pm at the Community Room on Haddon Road. We want to make sure as many people as possible attend the meeting to make sure the council gets an accurate, local view on the facility. We encourage you to come to the meeting and have your voice heard.

Why we oppose the facility:

* If it hadn’t been developed before, we don’t think Evanston Avenue would ever be considered as a location for a Waste Transfer Station.

* The smells and flies, which have recently reared their ugly head again, are unacceptable for local businesses, residents and Kirkstall Valley Primary School.

* Kirkstall Road, as the Council admits, is already “saturated”. Adding waste transfer HGVs will only make this worse.