Despite strong local opposition, massive infrastructure projects like pylons and solar farms are planned for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. The government's push for green energy and energy independence is driving these projects, even as communities fight to preserve their local character and heritage.
From pylons to solar farms , huge infrastructure projects are planned across East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, despite strong local opposition . Environment correspondent Paul Murphy looks at what 2025 could bring.Civil servants call them 'nationally significant infrastructure projects'. But like a bellyful of Christmas turkey, it's a phrase that weighs heavily on the eyelids. So let's stick with 'big stuff'. And… you're back in the room.
Pylons, solar farms, wind farms, power stations and pipelines. The proposals are all sitting there on the government's online planning portal, patiently waiting for approval and selection, like doe-eyed rescue dogs in January. But there are more than a dozen solar schemes planned for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and 2025 could be the year when many of them are given the go-ahead.From the gentle foothills of the Yorkshire Wolds to the sweeping fenlands of Lincolnshire, campaigners want to protect local identity, character and culture. It is a fight to save fields and farms, some of them so ancient they are listed in the Domesday Book.these 'nimbys' and 'naysayers' were standing in the way of progress – a remark that has perhaps deepened an already combative mood in communities fighting the panels and pylons. The message was driven home a little over a week later when Energy Secretary Ed Miliband came to Hull and The 'big stuff' is central to the government's plan to wean us all off polluting oil and gas, to make the UK more energy self-sufficient, more secure and more resilient. In a country facing the complex challenges of energy security and green energy targets, ministers are suggesting we need to go with the big stuff or go home. Nationally significant infrastructure projects are already decided by ministers, not by local councils.Adrian Cooke is hoping to continue to enjoy kitesurfing in Bridlington bay in the year ahea
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