Greens welcome proposal for recycling centre at Southern Cross Business Park

Green Party councillor, Deirdre de Burca and Local Area Representative, Caroline Burrell, were informed of a new proposed location for a civic amenity centre for Bray when they recently met with Bray Town Clerk, Catherine Halligan, to discuss the future development of the Southern Cross Area.

"We were delighted to be told that the council is currently in discussion with the IDA regarding the location of a new recyling centre for Bray in the Business Park on the Southern Cross Road" says Councillor Deirdre de Burca. "We have been campaigning for a long time to have this facility provided for the people of Bray and have always been told that the council cannot identify a suitable site. We believe this new site has great potential and wish the council well in its negotiations with the IDA".

Local Area Representative, Caroline Burrell, claimed that it is no longer acceptable that the people of Wicklow Town have access to a 'state of the art' recycling centre at the Murrough, Wicklow Town and that the people of Bray have no such facility available to them. "We are very hopeful that the council will be in a position to locate the new recycling facility in the Bray Business Park and believe that this is a very suitable location for such a facility" she says.

The Green Party points out that the civic amenity centre in Wicklow Town accepts a wide range of materials including glass, newspapers, magazines, textiles, greeting cards, diaries, calendars, cardboard, plastic bottles and containers, steel food cans, ink jet cartridges, batteries, phone books and tetra paks. The party claims that the people of Bray deserve to have access to a similar recycling facility to serve the 30,000 or so people who live in the town.

For further information please contact:
Deirdre de Burca on 086-806 1450; email: deburca@wicklowgreens.org