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It is interesting to note that SSE/Viking Energy have felt it necessary to produce another publication: Seeking to protect the Environment. This is now available on their website and it extols the supposed virtues of their project. This, presumably, is an attempt to counter some.
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NO BREACHES of Viking Energy planning conditions have been detected which would âreasonably merit the wholesale suspension of construction workâ, councillors have been told.
In addition, the environmental measures currently in place do not justify suspension of the work either, according to Shetland Islands Councilâs development director Neil Grant.
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But some calls were made in the chamber for greater independent scrutiny of the construction work.
It comes after campaign group Save Shetland petitioned the council earlier this year to request that construction work be halted amid concerns over the impact on the environment, and for more stringent independent monitoring to take place.
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A PETITION signed by more than 1,200 people raising concerns over the environmental impact of the Viking Energy wind farm construction is to go in front of councillors on Wednesday.
Despite the petition only being handed into Shetland Islands Council earlier today (Monday), it will get an airing at a meeting of the full council on Wednesday.
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Council convener Malcolm Bell said: “A petition has been received and will be considered by members at the full council meeting scheduled for Wednesday.”
The petition has been handed in by campaign group Save Shetland, which says there is concern that the wind farm construction work is “not being independently monitored and scrutinised”.