#66🎙️ |Public Inquiry Week Beginning 26th May 2026 Day 1 |

Today at the PAC Inquiry the focus returned once again to the controversial road abandonment and replacement road proposals linked to the Dalradian gold mine application. Questions around process, fairness, engineering standards and public participation continued to grow as third parties challenged both the procedure and the proposed road design itself. In this episode: DfI Roads arrives in force at the Inquiry Ongoing confusion around the “conjoined inquiry” process Questions over whether inquiry rules are being selectively applied Calls for an adjournment after the exclusion of roads expert Doug Hill Debate over tourism impacts and recreational use of the existing road Claims the replacement road design falls below acceptable engineering standards Boy racers, haul roads and “mating circles” Concerns over safety, gradients, fencing and toxic waste infrastructure Why campaigners believe this is not a simple replacement road A daily account from inside the Planning Appeals Commission Inquiry into the proposed Dalradian gold mine in the Sperrins.   SAVE OUR SPERRINS ( Social Media)  https://linktr.ee/saveoursperrins Sign up to our newsletter  https://dontmineus.com/newslatter/