CRAG vows to continue as Clyde watchdog

The Clyde River Action Group (CRAG) was the driving force

behind the campaign to stop a proposed sand and gravel quarry by Patersons of Greenoakhill.

A planning application for the site was thrown out by South

Lanarkshire Council in July after a lengthy process.

This week saw the appeal process time-limit run out, bringing an end to a lengthy campaign by villagers in rural Clydesdale.

As a huge sign highlighting the campaign was removed in Coulter, CRAG chairwoman Caroline Parker insisted that the group will remain in place.

She said: "The official appeal process has ended so the campaign is officially over – but we are certainly not going away.

"We don't know if Patersons or indeed any other company will come back in so if that happens it is important that we are ready.

"CRAG will remain to protect the Upper Clyde from any mineral extraction and we will do so through our planners and legal advisors."

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