One of our local SSI's in under threat from developers who want to cut down most of the trees that are home to endangered Red Squirrels and full of lots of other wildlife. They want to build a holiday park with a load of lodges, gym, sauna, poll and restaurant, they very kindly say that local swill be able to use these facilities without having to stay at the park, most locals kindly say words with lots of FF's to the developers. Not only will this development destroy a local amneity thats also a big draw with tourists wanting to watch the wildlife, but there's been no thought for local infrastructure. Our roads are already at breaking point, and with the port at Holyhead becoming a freeport roads will be overwhelmed. What about water and sewerage, waste and the quality of life for those who already live here? The people behind this always say it will bring jobs, but what kind of jobs? Will they be proper, well paid and permanent jobs, or will they be seasonal, zero-hours and minimum wage? We have plenty of those already and local people are already priced out, we have problems attracting workers anyway for the existing businesses serving the tourism industry.
Like many local people I intend to protest if they get to the stage of chopping trees down, I know we probably won't stop it, that we will end up arrested, and all that goes with it, we may end up physically injured too. But this sort of thing has to stop, this is my hill and choose to die on it.
