Winvic fined £160,000 for polluting brook

Winvic has been fined £160,000 for polluting a brook while working on the East Midlands Gateway development site.
The contractor admitted causing pollution at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court yesterday following a prosecution by the Environment Agency.
Winvic was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £25,577.79.The court was told that the company were contractors at the site near Kegworth when Hemington Brook became highly turbid and discoloured with clay solids.
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