{"id":61129,"date":"2022-02-04T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T15:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=61129"},"modified":"2022-02-18T16:03:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:03:31","slug":"landfill-leachate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/04\/landfill-leachate\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost \u00a3300,000 spent but leak continues to pollute River Ely and Cardiff Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grangemoor Park is closed for 12 weeks to enable more work to be carried out<\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ALMOST \u00a3300,000 has been spent by Cardiff Council to find and fix a landfill leak which is polluting the River Ely and Cardiff Bay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The amount spent was revealed in a Freedom of Information request submitted by The Cardiffian ,<\/em> which also acknowledged that the leak still hasn’t stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landfill on Ferry Road beneath Grangemoor Park has been leaking into the River Ely and Cardiff Bay since at least 2017,<\/a> and residents and park users have been regularly reporting incidents to the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2021, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) sent the council a report stating that they must act to prevent any further damage being caused to the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year and \u00a3285,352 later, the leak continues despite the council\u2019s efforts and the park has been closed for 12 weeks while further investigations take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They haven’t provided any information about what they are doing so residents and park users are in the dark,” said Fiona McAllister, organiser of the Keep Grangetown Tidy group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Obviously they need to spend and do whatever is necessary to put this right and stop the pollution, but it would be good if they considered park users while they are doing that.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old landfill on Ferry Road took in four million tonnes of rubbish before it was closed in 1994. The site was formerly owned by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation, which was decommissioned in 2000, before it was handed over to the council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grangemoor Park now covers the old landfill but as the rubbish rots it generates methane gas and a toxic liquid called leachate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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