My neighbour explained why it was not a good idea to have an aluminium smelter on the footsteps of a city - rather different to the siting of a smelter at Bluff. Essentially, several suburbs on the Otago Peninsula would become uninhabitable. Dunedin's history shows us that looking only at the economic benefits of proposed developments can lead to irreversible bad decisions. We need to also consider the environmental, historic, liveability and landscape features that may be destroyed for future generations. -Otago Peninsula resident Lala Frazer is a trustee of the Hereweka Harbour Cone Trust, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust and a spokesperson for Save The Otago Peninsula (STOP) Inc (these are her personal views).

Source: Otago Daily Times August 02, 2017 18:33 UTC