Veolia 2006-protest march
Short Video [4 min 15 sec] of Protest march against the siting of the Waste Transfer Station at Hollingdean Depot.
44-tonne truck protest march:
Saturday 17th June
A video of this event has already been edited and copies sent to members of The Dump The Dump campaign and both Downs Infant and Junior Schools. 
Motorists peeped their horns in solidarity as over 100 local residents, including many children from local schools, made their way along the route proposed for 44-tonne trucks leaving from and returning to Hollingdean Depot. The marchers kept up a good chorus, chanting their opposition to the short-sighted proposal which would bring the UK's heaviest lorries onto their streets one after another, travelling to and fro, at 11-minute intervals throughout the day. The most ludicrous part of the plan would involve the movement of these juggernauts through the Victorian railway bridge, where they would compete for space with cyclists, pedestrians and other motor vehicle users. 
The event, well managed by Dump The Dump campaign stewards and Sussex police, was an amicable affair causing very temporary hold-ups to traffic. With real juggernauts, which could get stuck under the bridge or injure someone without the protective layers of a 44-tonne truck, delays may be somewhat longer. 
Pushing through an unsuitable scheme while Road Safety issues are still unresolved, would be to invite injuries and fatalities. It is just not feasible to cater safely for different road users within the limits of the railway bridge. The pictures of children (above and below) were taken within two minutes of one another. These were not children on the protest march, although they were curious to see an unusual gathering. I noticed other small children, often unsupervised, lurking on or near to busy roads all along the route of the protest march. 
Children play and ride bicycles on Hollingdean streets. If the Council Officers, who have just recommended Veolia's scheme for conditional acceptance, had joined the 44-tonne truck march, they would have noticed small children and bikes along the way.
It is difficult for Council Officers when the Leader of the Council and the Chief Executive both support the scheme and when they have been holding meetings with the developer and consultants motivated to push this scheme through for years.
Hollingdean's Local Councillors do understand just how difficult it is to cross roads in this busy suburb with the existing traffic volume. They are unanimous in their opposition to this scheme. It is nothing but madness to throw in a 44-tonne truck every eleven minutes throughout the day. Hollingdean's Councillors certainly do not want to have to account for putting local residents' children at risk. And local residents do not want to hear rationalizations after tragedies have occurred from people with sparse knowledge of their community. They want this scheme rejected.