Steven Agnew, The Green Party EU Candidate, made a final campaign visit to Ballynahinch last week.
DOWN Councillor Cadogan Enright thanked Steven Agnew for travelling down to support the local campaign and thanked Pat Ward for bringing so many people out for support on the day.
Steven Agnew commented about the extraordinary level of pollution incidents on the Ballynahinch River emanating from the mismanagement of sewage facilities and daily traffic jams through the town creating rat runs throughout the mid down area.
Steven Agnew said, “It is preposterous that 5200 people are forced to drive to Belfast everyday from South Down, for work, creating congestion in Ballynahinch and along the A7 through Crossgar and Saintfield. 4000 of these people work for Government agencies and Stormont can choose to decentralise jobs around Northern Ireland to where the people actually live making for more sustainable lifestyles.”
“It is unacceptable that South Down has been written off by the Northern Ireland Executive as an area for the decentralisation of Government jobs – this will leave people having long unnecessary routes unless we can implement a more sustainable policy in employment in the public sector,” concluded Steven Agnew.
Cllr Enright urged people to vote for Steven on Thursday (4th June) and said, “Already the Green Party is leading the way in Europe in terms of agriculture, energy, fisheries and climate change policies with their 43 Green MEPs.”
“For Steven, joining this influential grouping would allow for local issues – those concerning Down District and the rest of Northern Ireland – to be best brought forward for legislative purposes,” concluded Cllr Enright.
Press Cuttings: Greens call for end to pollution of Ballynahinch river during local visit.
