Cement giant announces imminent decommissioning and demolition of site.
With demolition work drawing to a close on the Lafarge cement works in Northfleet, Kent – formerly Europe’s largest demolition project – plans are being made to decommission and demolish another Lafarge facility, this time at Westbury in Wiltshire.
Cement manufacturing at the site was fully mothballed in February last year. The company is now working with the council to consider future uses for both the site, and the chalk and clay quarries which supplied raw materials. The distribution depot will remain at the site, and jobs there and in logistics will not be affected.
Erdogan Pekenc, the company’s managing director, said: “We are aware that there has been some speculation about the works, so we are making an early announcement of our intentions.”
The company will also consult with the Ministry of Defence which owns the land where the chalk quarry is located.
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