Lib Dems to scrap Bristol EfW plans 20-03-2009
Bristol city council looks set to scrap its plans to build an energy-from-waste facility as part of a joint PFI bid with two neighbouring councils, after the political party in charge of the city's council changed.
Councillor Gary Hopkins, cabinet member for the environment, told letsrecycle.com that, now that the Liberal Democrats had taken control of the council from previous incumbent Labour, they expected to push ahead with their manifesto commitment to ensure an EfW plant was not built.
The Liberal Democrats made the decision and it is for the officers to carry out, it is an absolutely key part of our manifesto
"The Liberal Democrats made the decision and it is for the officers to carry out, it is an absolutely key part of our manifesto," Cllr Hopkins explained.
"We wanted a potential variety of solutions and we don't want to centralise arrangements," he added.
Bristol is currently seeking around £80 million in PFI funding for waste treatment as part of a joint bid with South Gloucestershire council and North Somerset county council as the West of England Partnership and had based its Outline Business Case on a reference technology of energy-from-waste.
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