Insulation material seen on the ground in and around Red Funnel’s demolition site in East Cowes does not contain asbestos, the cross-Solent operator have confirmed.
Local resident Keith Turner took to Twitter at the tail end of last week to raise concerns about material found in several locations surrounding the company’s ferry terminal, which he thought may contain deadly asbestos.
Demolition work is currently taking place at Dover Road to extend Red Funnel’s marshalling yard as part of the East Cowes terminal improvement scheme. High winds have led to insulation being blown outside of the site’s fencing.
It has been confirmed today (Monday) that the fibre class insulation does not contain any asbestos.
Chris Sibley, Risk, Safety and Compliance Director at Red Funnel, has said:
“We are confident that the minor fragment of waste that has blown off the East Cowes demolition site is loose fill insulation (fibre glass).
“Prior to the demolition, a full asbestos survey was conducted, and the asbestos identified was removed in a controlled environment as per regulations, along with any other hazardous materials.
“We work extremely hard to ensure our sites are kept tidy and the contractors in place have since removed any loose material that has unfortunately blown off the site during the recent strong winds.”
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It is fibre glass insulation material.
How about having all the unemployment go out and litter pick!!
They could earn there benefits and we’d all have a tidy island!!
Good grief .what a lot of fuss over nothing .