"contrary to the concerns" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate something that goes against or contradicts the concerns or worries that someone may have. Example: "The proposed policy is contrary to the concerns of local residents, who fear it will negatively impact the environment."
Contrary to the concerns about diverting investment funds, U.S. nonresidential investment and job creation have been rising for most of the past decade.
Contrary to the concerns about government delivering numerous budget deficits, it is the growth and acceleration of private debt we, alongside policymakers, should be worried about - not public debt, which amounts to little more than a neo-con scare campaign.
Con Edison has said the leak was confined to the generator and, contrary to the concerns of activists and some elected officials, posed no health risk to the public.
Sustainable policy design could also be affected by several factors that cause the deflection of resources initially allocated to other groups that are contrary to the concerns pursued and have the power to veto sustainable plans by exerting pressure on the party in power.
The findings ran contrary to the concern that decades of civil war in The Sudan might have depleted wildlife populations.
Contrary to the concern of some curators, Mr. Sayre and Mr. Tellis, of Antenna, both said that looking at digital images of artwork seemed to spark an interest in seeing the real thing.
Contrary to the concern that studying genetic contributions might be problematic from a progressive standpoint, because it would suggest that there's something indelible in our genetics that we can't change, what we seem to be finding (and other people find this too) is there's something more dynamic going on.
Contrary to the initial concerns of wary neighbors, Germany did not turn inward or resuscitate threatening ambitions in the aftermath of reunification.
Contrary to the expressed concerns, our results show that the implementation of affirmative action did not result in a significant performance loss for either advantaged or disadvantaged subjects; instead it rather enhanced the performance for a large group of participants.
His dreamy work pursues goals quite contrary to the constant concern for reality that characterised both Monet and Degas.
The response of the normalized push-off force, however, showed that increasing walking speed significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the magnitude of this force, a result contrary to the literature concerning conventional backpacks where this force has been shown to significantly increase.
