Tarmac In Sherwood Forest

The protests against a proposed 32 acre quarry at Bestwood Country Park in Nottingham continue.On the 8th of October 200 local people attended a public meeting to organise against Tarmac. The proposed quarry (plus reopening an old one) will cause severe damage to the country park, one of the few remaining remnants of Sherwood Forest. The area to be destroyed is an unimproved acid grassland meadow with over 90 flowering plant species and associated fauna. If the quarry goes ahead, large areas of oak woodland would bethreatened by die back at the edge.

There is now a decentralised campaign of small friendship groups, 177 people on a bulldozer pledge, a video statement underway, and plans to visit Tarmac's AGM in June next year. Tarmac were involved in Twyford Down, M65, M77, roadstone to Newbury, Runway 2, Cookham Woods, the plans to build the new British spybase GCHQ, and plenty more. So, spot your local office/site, dust off your Robin Hood &apm Maid Marion outfits and prepare to join other outlaws in getting Tarmac to back off!

For further information, or if you'd like to get a crew together for the AGM contact Notts EF! on 0115 9585 666.