NIABY

I have been told by a well-respected proponent of the Degrowth Movement that my ironic attempts to claim the title of NIMBY don’t work. I have to be a NIABY, a person against the whole concept of global greed: Not In Anyone’s Back Yard.

The construction worker in orange buying oranges at the greengrocer’s at Leiston didn’t have the details for Pretty Road since he is working everywhere. He says the budget for Hinkley was originally £20 billion but that it has gone up and the cost of Sizewell C stated at £49 billion will also go well over budget. He says the locals are upset about the project.

In the Sizewell Information Office I was told to look on the works tracker to learn what is going in. I asked the Information Officer to show me on her laptop and there was nothing there. She showed me the area in purple that will be concretised and I asked for a print out of the map but that wasn’t possible. People have been asking for a poster about Planned Works so that they can prepare emotionally and practically. This also has not been possible to achieve. The topographical map on the screen on the wall has no street names so when you ask for information about a closed street or a tree under preservation order that has been cut down you have to show them where it it is. She promised to send me an e-mail. I know the staff by name now but they have never managed to send me an e-mail.

I am planning a Deck Chair Sit-Out. We come at 6pm with our chairs, watch the sunset by the pretty roadside and chart the changing landscape as a community.