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To: Angus Council Roads Department
ANGUS COUNCIL SET TO CLOSE SMALL BUSINESSES
Consider the alternative to closing down the small businesses on Eastmill Industrial Estate by erecting a Flood Defence Wall.
Why is this important?
ANGUS COUNCIL ROADS DEPARTMENT SET TO PUT AN END TO SMALL BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE SCOTTISH TOWN OF BRECHIN – HELP US TO STOP THIS NOW!!
The people of Brechin should be aware of the workings within their Council, as they are about to demolish several small business lock-ups on the East Mill Industrial Estate, in preparation for the forthcoming River Defence Scheme.
Their plan is to construct an earth embankment on this site, necessitating the demolition of several small business units thereon, when a wall along the bank of the River Esk would provide adequate flood prevention. At the inception of the Scheme in 2010, drawings were provided showing this wall, but the Council has backed out of this on the basis of cost, DESPITE BEING AWARDED >£13M for the project! In so doing, they are forcing the small businesses to close up, with no relocation plans or offer of realistic compensation.
MP’s and the Scottish Parliament have been asked to intervene to help protect the rights of the people involved - none of whom objected to the Scheme in principle - but no positive responses have been received to date. The consequences of this are dire for those entrepreneurs, who have nowhere to go and are powerless to fight the Council, whose advice is to SCRAP YOUR BELONGINGS AND GET OUT!
We have to demand that the Council provides alternative accommodation for those enterprises or reverts to its original plan of erecting a Flood Defence Wall before the BULLDOZERS ARRIVE IN JANUARY 2015.
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