SIRRL’s resource consent application to build a waste incinerator in Glenavy/Waimate included MGI Irrigation’s support letter. However, MGI did not approve the letter used by SIRRL and has subsequently asked for it to be retracted.
MGI owns the land adjacent to the site proposed for the Project Kea incinerator. MGI uses the land to carry water for irrigation via an open water ace. SIRRL has stated that they intend to lease the land from MGI and build a rail siding over the irrigation channel, which they say they intend to use to bring waste to the site via rail.
Why Waste Waimate believes that building a rail siding on land they do not own is unrealistic. Trucking waste to the site via 78 trucks, which will contribute to road congestion, further deterioration of already failing local roads with a lack of sufficient passing lanes, and excessive CO2 emissions, is not a popular proposal. So, how do you counter that? Tell the community you intend to use rail.
Dairy developers in the district also said they would build rail sidings, but it never happened. WWW believes it is not likely to occur with the Project Kea development either and is more likely than not just greenwashing.
