First image of asphalt plant revealed

At all planning applications on the Island, the majority of the moaning wingey( don't build that near my house objectors) are retired mainlanders who crush any attempt for change, that us Islanders want.The asphalt plant sounds a good idea, although the Island roads have been bodged for so long they will need stripping back to the foundations to avoid further maintainance.And alan naylor, as you are subsidising us Islanders through your tax , have a thought for us paying road tax which goes to the mainland to pay for your schools.If it had been spent on the roads here, this ashalt plant would not be needed.I think that planning objectors should be ignored if there are less than six, and if they are retired mainland people who don't give a damn about the youngsters getting jobs, as they have had their carreer, so they can relax with their pensions, and just object to anything that they don't agree with, which is totally unfair.

continued: how will we encourage leisure and tourism on the Island when the first thing people see is plumes of smoke and heavy industry.
I would like to see my children grow up in a clean, sustainable, healthy environment, not an Island covered in Asphalt plants!

Dear B Ward, I am 30 years old, I have two young children and I see every problem with this plant. To start, we already have an asphalt plant, it employs 38 people, it is in a quarry and the comparatively the population density near that plant it very low. There are less than 50 homes in the km surrounding the existing plant, there are around 1000 homes n the km surrounding Medina Wharf. Another plant will put the 38 jobs of those already employed at Bardon Vectis at risk while at Medina Wharf they propose employing just 14 people, giving the Island a net reduction in jobs. Our asphalt requirement is simply not large enough to justify two plants.
Back in 2010 when the concrete batching facility was proposed for East Cowes Edward Giles, Cabinet member for transport, said that the designated employment land by the Medina should not be used for such a level of heavy industry as it would dissuade appropriate maritime industry from the area.
The Medina is the gateway to the Island, how w

This is an industrial area which provides work for many islanders, and i
for one do not see a problem with this plant. The peoople who are
complaining are probably mainly retired and viewing life through pink
tinted spectacles. This island needs work for its young people, and i
for one hope that this application is allowed.
I was not happy when they built the huge vectis building in the middle
of the medina valley, but that too is an industrial area, and we need to
develop these areas for the benefit of younger people.
The island is not just a retirement home for those who have made
their money already.

Dear Mr Naylor,
Being a mainland tax payer, you are probably unaware of the details of this planning application. It has nothing to do with building homes, it has everything to do with maintaining Island roads. But thank you for your kind contributions to our Island economy anyway. And FYI, we do manage to build homes for our up and coming generation - Barratts amongst others are very active on this little annex to your precious mainland.

Dear Islanders If you are not willing to accept change then d ont keep asking the mainland tax payer for goverment grants your island already costs the working mainland people a fortune and ps we are having to build homes for our upand coming generation so why not you

Tarmac hey? So we will have unlimited supply to FIX OUR ROADS no?

The original of this image was labelled "impression of asphalt plant with 6 to 8 metre tree growth. Eurovia conceded at their meeting with Cowes Town Council that "mature trees could not be successfully planted and that small plants will be used. Until these mature visibility will be reliant on the raised bank and fencing". I would like to see an artist's impression of how it will really look!!! How much of the plant will be visible from the river and beyond? How long will trees take to grow to 8m high?

@tony white: this proposal will not look like that artist's impression for many, many years. The site has not been used as a rubbish tip for a very long time and has since been reclaimed by nature - it is certainly not concreted over. Do you think that any development along the Medina valley is ok as long as it's not as obtrusive as Vestas? And anyway, visual impact is not the only adverse effect by any means

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WHAT will stop it before our beautiful Island is no longer beautiful?

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