But in a meeting this week, Tom McCabe, interim manager of environment, transport and development in Norfolk County Council, told councillors that the last figure had yet to be agreed.

He said:”The conversation with Cory Wheelabrator is ongoing and we’d hope to have it resolved by Christmas.

“It is premature to say it’ll be done by then, though. It could be achieved before that it could drag on for more.”

Norfolk County Council voted by 48 votes to 30 to complete the contract to the proposed incinerator in Saddlebow in an extraordinary meeting in April.

Council officers had stated that, because of delays in securing planning permission, the contentious project no longer provided good value for money, and councillors agreed to ditch it. That comprised #20.3m to Cory Wheelabrator – the firm which would have built and run the burner; people inquiry costs of #1.6m and estimated interest related expenses of #11.8m.

The first #11.8m of this bill was paid in July, however council bosses are locked in months of discussions regarding the fine details of this contract and just how much that means that the council must pay Cory Wheelabrator.
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However, in the short term, a deal was struck by their counterparts in Suffolk for rubbish to be burned at a newly-built incinerator at Great Blakenham.

Over the following year, about 40,000 tonnes of Norfolk’s residual household waste will be hauled down the A140 to be burned at the plant.

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