CAMPAIGNERS against a Incinerator in Ardley have once again raised fears they could be sandwiched between two waste burners.
Waste Recycling Group will submit a planning application next month to build a 300,000 tonne Incinerator at Lower Greatmoor Farm, between Edgcott and Calvert, about 10 miles from Bicester.
The company is battling to be designated as Buckinghamshire County Council’s preferred bidder for its waste disposal.
Last autumn the council chose Covanta Energy as its preferred bidder to build a 585,000 tonne incinerator.
But because of a “commercially sensitive matter” the contract has gone back out to tender and both firms will once again submit bids.
Action group Stop Aylesbury Vale Incineration has reformed and teamed up with Ardley Against the Incinerator to fight the plans.
Jonathan O’Neill, chairman of the Ardley group, said: “There could be two incinerators with Bicester sandwiched between them, increased traffic blocking Bicester up and God know’s what else.”
A public inquiry into the first application starts on July 6.
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