Eurovia abandons Isle of Wight asphalt plant project

Eurovia says it will not be pursuing plans to build a €2.68 million asphalt plant on the Isle of Wight. A new partnership involving the firm will result in asphalt production at Blackwater Quarry, St George's Down being upgraded, negating the need for the new asphalt plant facility. Residents had opposed plans for the new plant. A 25-year Public Finance Initiative was awarded to Eurovia Roadstone in 2012 to maintain the island's roads.

August 14, 2013 Read time: 1 min

4616 Eurovia says it will not be pursuing plans to build a €2.68 million asphalt plant on the Isle of Wight.

A new partnership involving the firm will result in asphalt production at Blackwater Quarry, St George's Down being upgraded, negating the need for the new asphalt plant facility.

Residents had opposed plans for the new plant. A 25-year Public Finance Initiative was awarded to Eurovia Roadstone in 2012 to maintain the island's roads.

The firm has formed a joint venture with 1707 Aggregate Industries, the owner of Blackwater Quarry. If the Blackwater asphalt production upgrade is approved, the joint venture will trade as Wight Building Materials and supply pre-cast, concrete, asphalt and aggregate materials.

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An eagerly awaited new asphalt plant was recently officially opened at Wight Building Materials’ owned Blackwater Quarry in St George’s Down, Isle of Wight. Officially opened by Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner, the €4.38 million (£3.5 million) state-of-the-art low emissions plant will produce quality, high performance products and innovative long-term sustainable solutions for the Island’s public and private highways network. The asphalt produced from the plant will service the needs of a 25-year PFI (Public