when a park is laid out on the site.

Their fears were revealed yesterday by Pembroke East Central candidate Mr.

David Lines.

In February the dump is due to start shutting down as the Tynes Bay incinerator begins taking trash instead.

A park with sports areas, children's playgrounds, a nature reserve and a jogging track is planned.

Mr. Lines has been canvassing the area with UBP running mate Mr. Lawson Mapp.

There was concern about the drug menace, he said. "I hope that when I get elected with Lawson Mapp we'll be able to have a say in the way the park is developed, to prevent that sort of abuse.'' Mr. Lines was speaking at a UBP press conference on waste and the environment, staged on Langton Hill overlooking the dump.

He said residents had been sceptical about the park plan but were now very excited.

"They feel they have suffered many, many years too long.'' Mr. Mapp said: "I have been living quite near the dump all my youthful years and it's now gratifying to see at last that it will be closed.'' If Independent MP Mr. Stuart Hayward and "all those environmentalists'' had not objected to the incinerator, it might have been ready earlier and the dump closed sooner, he added.

Works Minister the Hon. Ann Cartwright DeCouto, announcing plans for the dump, said she expected the number of park rangers to be boosted so the new park could be patrolled.

"It will be a true green lung in the middle of Pembroke.'' The Minister noted the success rate with household recycling was now about 55 percent, but she felt 80 percent was a "realistic target''.

Mr. Mapp said some larger families wanted a twice-weekly trash collection. But they could always call the Ministry and arrange a special pick-up, he said.