Protest against new forest in Wevelgem

Local residents are afraid that the stability of their home will be endangered if eight hectares of forest extract all groundwater. In addition, the forest obscures the view, they say. Natuurpunt itself sees no problem.

“We then had to place our houses on stilts because there was not enough stability for our house. And now we fear: 20,000 trees will be planted, which will absorb about 50 liters of water, so that the water will be extracted from the soil and stability is at risk,” he said.

The municipality will make an important decision tomorrow: will it issue a permit or not? If she refuses, this is where the story ends.

The green light leads to an environmental permit. The excavated soil for the forest construction would form a four-metre high play mountain here. And the neighborhood would rather not see that either. Someone will soon really have a hangover from the Katerbos, the only question is: who?