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Local people claimed four footpaths over the site which the Council had to divert.

Uncategorised Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 19:01

I objected as I didn’t know whether the footpaths would be diverted into areas of contamination. For the public inquiry to look into this, and for the public inquiry only and not for the safety of the children, they finally did the contamination investigations demanded by the Environment Agency.

The entire site was contaminated with lead, arsenic and blue asbestos.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/bill-for-school-to-be-built-on-toxic-minefield-898373

“It is inconceivable that the school would actually be built following “failure to detect toxics” – the tests were obviously unreliable especially having failed and caused the reckless plans to go ahead.  By then the financial aspects of this new project were too great to resist, especially backed by the extraordinary claim by the Council that the old industrial tip site could be made safe and used.

The Council had commissioned soil tests and found no contamination! There was the influence of the Government grant of £2.2 million already in the till and even spent on something else.  But more soil tests, only carried out because the Council had to prove to a diversion of footpath public inquiry that the site was not contaminated found a variety of chemicals – lead, arsenic and brown asbestos. What on earth were the previous experts – Greater Manchester Geological Unit –  doing to have missed all this or should the question be who was in the pocket of whom?

Contracters then sifted the deadly material by hand – 

Come on!  How could they recognise the material, especially when the experts couldn’t?

The excellent local MP Andrew Gwynne said they were spending money to save face because the site had to be used.

Councillor Mark Weldon stated the Council had “no responsible alternative”.  Well I never!  Responsible to whom?  Certainly not the council taxpayers.

Follow the money”!



The Environment Agency told them to do more contamination investigations, which even then they didn’t do.

Andrew Webb, CYPD, Donna Sager, CYPD, LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 18:51

I kept asking whether the further contamination investigations demanded by the Environment Agency had been carried out. Stop being “vexatious” they bellowed, in the press, in council meetings and by post – but, no, they didn’t bother to do any further contamination investigations.



They were the children of non-LibDem voting parents, so who cared?

Andrew Webb, CYPD, LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 18:49


I tried so hard to make them understand what a contaminated site this was for the school. Not once did they listen.

Andrew Webb, CYPD, LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 18:43

I got nowhere and I couldn’t let the young children be at risk so I took my documentary evidence to the wonderful Environment Agency people at Warrington. They did listen and they acted.

Conservative councillor Brian Bagnall had a meeting with me, read my contamination documents and subsequently refused to vote the school through. Some decent councillors at Stockport then.

The Council “forgot” to tell the Environment Agency about the plan to build the school on toxic waste, although BS 10175, which they claim to have complied with, states the EA should have been informed at the outset.

When the Environment Agency emailed the Council to tell them not to decide the application on grounds of contamination, the Council “forgot” to inform the Planning Committee.



Stopford House where Donna Sagar had her office.

Donna Sager, CYPD, LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 17:55

Life on Mars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(British_TV_series)

This is the supposed 1970s police station from where Sam Tyler jumped to his death from the roof. Anyone who has had dealings with the vile Stockport LibDem councillors may have felt the same inclination.



Further attempts to shut me up.

Andrew Webb, CYPD, Donna Sager, CYPD, LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 17:40

So, their plan to stop me asking questions about the toxic waste dump school failed. They had to find another way

I had already seen the school documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act. They were on a chair in Donna Sager, Project Manager’s, dark office at Stopford House. I merely wanted to re-read them and see any new additions.

Andrew Webb, Director of Education, her boss, and something high nationally in Children’s Services – I kid you not -refused my Freedom of Information request on grounds of cost.

Andrew Webb was a massive liar – 84 hours reading time £2,140 and 14 hours copying time (I asked for and needed no photocopies) at a cost of £350.

All that money to remove the many supposed secrets pertaining to one new primary school. Come off it Webb – a man who to me had the demeanor of a diseased weasel.



The Local Labour MP drew attention to the matter in Parliament. Everything was ignored by the suspect Stockport LibDems.

LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 16:42


LibDem Executive Councillor Weldon was informed of everything all along and completely ignored all the documentary evidence. Could he, should he run a whelk stand?

LibDem Councillors, Vale View School Posted by Sheila OliverPosted on Thu, May 13, 2021 16:38


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