The American energy company Canatxx has said that it intends to submit its new planning application this week to store gas in a huge underground storage facility in salt caverns beneath the River Wyre at Preesall.
Gina Dowding, the prospective Green parliamentary candidate for Lancaster & Fleetwood said “If the area was not suitable for gas storage in 2007 I don’t see what has changed to make it safe to store gas here now.”
In October 2007 the company’s original plans were thrown out by a government planning inspector who raised questions over the suitability of the geology of the area for such a plant and criticised the firm’s health and safety planning.
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