Quarry Protesters Won't Meet Firm

Quarry Company D.P.Williams has denied “Blitzing” a wildlife haven in a small Welsh village.
But the company which wants to re-open Ding Quarry on Rooley Moor admits it “acted hastily” by not consulting the Welsh residents before sending in an earthmover.
A resident of the tiny village of Rhydymwyn near Mold said Williams had destroyed badger sets, buried a moorhen’s nest with chicks in it under a mountain of soil and wiped out newts including a protected species.
But Production manager Tony Cawkwell said “We totally refute this. We did not harm any wildlife, as this was not a wildlife haven. It was just a stagnant pool and oil shale on a site we owned and for which we had planning permission. But we hold our hands up and admit that, in retrospect we did act hastily.
We spoke to Clwyd County Council about or plan, but we acted far quicker than they wanted.” “We have now stopped work on the site until conditions are agreed, and have a meeting with the residents’ Quarry Liaison Group at our offices on the 12th December to discuss their concerns.
The problem with Ding Quarry is that the protesters refuse to meets us.
“We are prepared to discuss all their concerns at a round the table meeting, as this is the only way solutions can be found.”
“But they refuse to meet us and on Sunday, our headquarters at Hendre, near Mold posters were placed all over saying stay in Wales, We don’t want you, and we don’t want to talk to you. “We don’t know what more we can do.
“We are prepared to openly discuss the protesters fears in a democratic way, and we fail to understand why they will not meet us.
“We are being tarred with the image that we ride roughshod over everyone, and this is simply not true.
If that was the case we would not repeatedly offer to meet the protesters.