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However, at the Planning Committee meeting on Thursday October 24, Cllr Benjamin made an important statement. He said he didn't realise why there were so many complaints about a landfill site until he went on a site visit to Red Moss organised for councillors in conjunction with the Red Moss Action Committee. While walking to the top of the landfill mountain, he saw for himself the rubbish still clearly visible, he smelt the stench of decay combined with methane gas, and he felt the swarms of flies about his body. He said he knew then why 10,000 people had signed a petition.

This blot on the landscape is still with us. A representative of UK Waste who was also on the site visit, said that the capping and landscaping of the landfill site was very badly done and was a terrible example. The people responsible for Red Moss are the Greater Manchester Waste Authority and Bolton Council. What people in Horwich now want to know is: What are they going to do about Red Moss and when will it be properly capped and landscaped?

Marion Keeler, Cranborne Close, Lostock

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