{"id":55183,"date":"2014-03-17T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/55183\/residents-concerned-by-dumping-site-proposal\/"},"modified":"2014-03-17T10:38:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T08:38:44","slug":"residents-concerned-by-dumping-site-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/03\/17\/residents-concerned-by-dumping-site-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents concerned by dumping site proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The GCN received a call from a very concerned resident, Jackie Mc Donald, alerting us to plans to reopen the existing Cell One, of the Simmer and Jack landfill site, located on Portion 2 of the Farm Elandsfontein 90IR.<\/p>\n<p>Mc Donald later wrote to the GCN, stating the reasons for her concern:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I have been a resident of Simmerfield for 40 years and have witnessed the initiation of the existing waste site,&#8221; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Promises were made and never honoured; examples of these are miniature golf courses, off-road cycle tracks, the construction of a blockade to ensure that the dumping site cannot be seen from the road, to name a few.&#8221;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Mc Donald went on to name and describe a few of her main concerns. She focused on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0health risks;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0environmental damage caused by the dumping site in the past and what damage will be caused in the future if the dumping site is reopened;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0the noise factor, caused by the machines needed to run the dumping site;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>the crime factor associated with the dumping site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company in charge of the Amendment of the Waste Licence for the Existing Simmer and Jack Landfill Site is Nemai Consulting, who focus on environmental and social consultation.<\/p>\n<p>The GCN was able to contact the company, to bring the concerns of local residents to their attention.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Nemai, Ciaran Chidley, responded to our queries with the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current landfill space at the Simmer and Jack Landfill is running out of space and additional space needs to be found at the site by 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The metro propose to extend the height of Cell One as the first measure to contribute to available airspace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cell One was landfilled to a height of approximately 10m above ground and rehabilitated and closed in around 1993.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The permit for the landfill allows the metro to landfill up to a height of 40m above ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cell One is located in the north of the existing landfill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Current landfilling is being conducted on Cell Five, which is just to the south of Cell One.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The waste that is currently being disposed of at the landfill will be diverted to Cell One.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore the operating conditions and trucks access will remain the same as they are now, and have been for many years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to satisfy the waste authority&#8217;s requirements for the extension of height of Cell One, the metro is required to conduct a public participation campaign to gauge public reaction to the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We, Nemai Consulting, have been appointed to carry out this public participation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This campaign is underway and the public are invited to comment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Residents are encouraged to send their complaints to the company by no later the March 25.<\/p>\n<p>Comments should be emailed to ManogrieC@nemai.co.za.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of going to press, the metro had not responded to our requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='af363449e6605ee02d7d3d77a30da634'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to reopen the existing Cell One met with concern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":55243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Leigh Hodgson","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,979,2730,1002,1004,1167],"class_list":["post-55183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-opinion-2"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","germiston","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality","opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}