Wild Land News no 61, Autumn 2004

Lingarbay Superquarry Victory Article

Some months ago, it was announced quietly that the major international quarry company, Lafarge (who took over Redland Aggregates, the original developer) has decided not to appeal any further over the issue of permission to develop a superquarry in south Harris. There has been a tortuous history to this case and we understand that pressure at the international level from Friends of the Earth and WWF has helped in making Lafarge realise that contesting this superquarry further was harming its international reputation.

All credit to those involved, including Sam Galbraith and the Scottish Executive for defending the various appeals. It seems ages ago that the public inquiry was held in Stornoway and Leverburgh, and opponents of the scheme, including the LINK Superquarry Group, took on the might of Redland and its legal team.

Alistair Cant