Filling the vacuum

So, if we don't want Covanta or anyone else putting a mega-incinerator in Rookery Pit, what should go in there? In Marston they are trying to get this debate going and hoping that others will join in. Here's a message (below) from Stewart Long secretary of MMAG which has played a leading role in the anti-Covanta campaign. Check out MMAG at http://mmetag.wordpress.com/

Marston Vale Lakes - a Greener Option

In last week’s Times and Citizen, Nadine Dorries asks local people to suggest better uses for Rookery Pit and MMAG are happy to start the debate. There is a clear need to develop our green infrastructure in an area under constant development pressure. A tourism opportunity exists that builds on current and approved activity, including the Bedford-MK canal and Center Parcs. Link up, Brogborough Lake (wind surfing), Lidlington & Marston Lakes (angling), Millennium Country Park, including both Rookery Pits (wildlife lakes), Stewartby Lake (water-sports) and the country park and rowing lake at Willington.

Economic boost, good for small businesses, good for future generations. A little imagination and a focus that doesn’t condemn the Marston Vale to waste management is all that’s needed.