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New potash mine assures good future for local families
Why is it when something with a prospect of employment and possible prosperity comes to the Whitby area there is always someone or some obscure group loudly making all sorts of negative comments, decrying any project, without actually looking at the bigger picture?
I have spent all my working life travelling to jobs abroad etc just to make a decent living that is largely denied to young men with families in this area.
Thus a new potash mine may well be the answer to a great deal of younger local people looking for employment that pays a decent living wage.
It’s too easy to object to proposals like a new potash mine when either the protester is retired or does not require an earned income.
Some like the chair of the Moors Association have a personal agenda and would likely scream ‘no’ to any progressive prospect.
Boulby mine, in spite of all its detractors, has provided good stable employment for a lot of local people for a good number of years and should be looked at with a positive view for the new proposed mine.
The benefits for extended work on construction and operation can assure a future for a good number local families and should be the prime consideration when planning etc is granted.
Michael Readman (retired), by email
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putting things straight
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10:48 AMtourism is a big employer for whitby. However having a mine somewhere in the national park will NOT stop the visitors to whitby. Visitors come to whitby because it has development. It has shops, cafes etc. The only people that might change their mind about going to the area of the national park with a mine, are those who dont like development. Raf Fylingdales is an amazing sight in the middle of the moors. The mine probably wont even be seen. It could very easily become a tourist attraction in its own right. No we dont want a massive industrial park taking over the whole park but think about the potential with this development. 1000 direct jobs - 4000 indirect. Mining for at least 50 years, probably more as they have found 4 times the initial estimates. Money generated in the region that will be spent in the region.
DorothyMarshall
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 02:54 PMwell said mr readman.get yourself on to the town council.
spy
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 02:22 PMNope. Tourism is NOT the biggest contributor to the local economy. The public sectorDHS is.
Cuvin
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 11:42 AMThere are some facts we just cannot escape from, like for example the fact that the biggest employers within the North York Moors national park are tourism and agriculture; Another inescapable fact is that tourism is now the number 1 industry in Whitby, the biggest contributor to the economy of the town, and the largest employer. And its not simply cafes and hotels who benefit from tourism, its also the plumber, the electrician, roofer, builder, painter and even the local garage. There are basicly two main arguments against the potash proposals, one been that you simply cannot allow development on this scale in a national park, otherwise why have national parks in the first place, if we are simply going to allow development on an industrial scale; The other main argument against the proposal is that it could do a lot of damage to the tourism industry, which like it or not, is the most importand industry in Whitby. We could end up been a town reliant on just one or two big employers like Redcar, and just look at Redcar today.
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