Town's whiffs are not all the sweet smell of success
By Jo Deeks on Thursday, 15th July 1999.
HAVERHILL is still a town of "interesting whiffs", members of the town's Partnership Group have agreed.
The group was discussing environmental issues which should be considered by the new administration at St Edmundsbury Borough Council over the next four years.
Lesley Mason, community education worker, said: "When I first worked here in 1980 there was a Haverhill smell, but now I feel this is a town with some interesting whiffs."
"There are some interesting smells that don't need to be there," she said.
David Osbourne of St Edmundsbury Borough Council said a lot of improvements had been made, but they were continuing to work with companies in the town.
An Air Quality Strategy had been prepared and people should continue to pass concerns to the council.
Borough councilor Philip French said, with the encouragement of public transport use , he was concerned about diesel fumes from vehicles and felt efforts should be made to keep vehicles on suitable routes .
Councilor Pat Hanlon said people on the Chalkstone Estate complained of smells wafting over from the industrial estate and wondered why they were worse on Mondays.
Ann Thomas, of the Haverhill Association of Voluntary Organisations, said she felt the drainage system in the town was not able to cope with all the new houses and that she experienced horrendous smells in her garden.
The group was discussing environmental issues which should be considered by the new administration at St Edmundsbury Borough Council over the next four years.
Lesley Mason, community education worker, said: "When I first worked here in 1980 there was a Haverhill smell, but now I feel this is a town with some interesting whiffs."
"There are some interesting smells that don't need to be there," she said.
David Osbourne of St Edmundsbury Borough Council said a lot of improvements had been made, but they were continuing to work with companies in the town.
An Air Quality Strategy had been prepared and people should continue to pass concerns to the council.
Borough councilor Philip French said, with the encouragement of public transport use , he was concerned about diesel fumes from vehicles and felt efforts should be made to keep vehicles on suitable routes .
Councilor Pat Hanlon said people on the Chalkstone Estate complained of smells wafting over from the industrial estate and wondered why they were worse on Mondays.
Ann Thomas, of the Haverhill Association of Voluntary Organisations, said she felt the drainage system in the town was not able to cope with all the new houses and that she experienced horrendous smells in her garden.
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