2023-08-14 14:08:00
Since July 18, a public inquiry has been open for a permit application for the construction and operation of a sorting and crushing center, rue Bronde, just next to the Recyparc in Stembert. It is the Jalhay construction company, Terrac SRL, which aims to treat its waste there. This project generates many fears among local residents who shared, last week, a petition among local merchants. “It’s a zone of agreement, there are companies which come to settle, it’s normal. There is in particular the Recyparc which generates comings and goings of cars with trailers etc. But this case is different… it’s regarding much more significant nuisances!”, begins Martine Garnier, who has lived on rue Bronde since 2008, 150 meters as the crow flies from the future sorting centre.
The first thing residents fear is noise. The petition refers to machines generating 100 decibels. “It is likely to carry in all the surroundings. There is also the SPA which is very close.. I can already imagine the animals which will perhaps react and I do not know how the workers of all the surrounding companies will work… “, she wonders and continues, “They say that the crushing would take place 60 days a year maximum.. but who will check that and what recourse would we have if he did not respect it? not ? !”
But in addition to these noise pollution, the petition also points to the problem of the dust generated as well as the mudslides since Bronde Street is not connected to the sewers. Wastewater (notably used to fight once morest dust) will thus have to be infiltrated. “Below is a meadow that is already heavily loaded when it rains with houses all along…” Local residents also decry the future cartage, the raising of the natural terrain and the uprooting of hedges.
On the side of the company, we invite the inhabitants to go and consult the file with the municipal administration. “He talks regarding everything and anything… like talking regarding ‘planes landing’ for noise pollution… when that’s not the case at all! Everything is clear in the permit, people don’t just have to go and see!”, underlines Claudy Manguette, one of the two bosses of Terrac. The survey is open until September 1, 2023.
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