These drone images show the construction of the new energy plant underway, with work expected to be completed by the end of 2023. THE company behind Lostock energy from waste plant says it is studying the possibility of bringing in waste by rail. It follows calls from Northwich councillors for the company to reduce the amount of lorry movements to and from the site. Recently, Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant (LSEP) Ltd has come under fire for plans to increase the amount of waste it burns annually from 600,000 tonnes to 728,000. Labour Northwich Witton councillor Sam Naylor told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “The biggest issue is the number of HGVs needed to truck in this 728,000 tonnes of waste [annually]. We are not going to stop this power plant but we can do our best to mitigate the HGV traffic as waste from all over the UK will be trucked in to Northwich.
Flooding in Northwich last month. Image: Matt Sayle AUTHORITIES should provide ‘fortnightly updates’ on work to resolve Northwich’s flooding susceptibility. That’s according to one councillor for the town, who added that the town faces a difficult outlook until the problem is fixed. Labour Cllr Sam Naylor was speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service after the Environment Agency said two ‘outfalls’ were not confirmed as ‘fully operational prior to the flooding event’. The Northwich Witton ward representative said: “We are putting pressure on leaders to come clean on what they know. We are looking forward to the 2019 report [publication] and to implement any measures from it.