Recently published minutes of the Liaison Group (see: http://www.sandhoeparish.net/) between Egger Hexham and the Sandhoe Parish Council (in which parish the Hexham factory is located) indicate that Egger expect to complete the partial acoustic enclosure for the log-loader by the end of September 2010.
This is excellent news for local residents, as noise-nuisance from log-loading and chipping continues to be a problem when weather conditions do not mitigate transmission of the noise produced. Credit to Egger for continuing to seek to comply with their undertaking four years ago to resolve any noise problems from this source. It’s just a pity it will have taken so long. Let’s hope this measure resolves the problems at last.
Credit also to the Environmental Health staff at the Council who have persisted in pressing for a resolution and contributed a great deal to reaching possible solutions.