Representation by Charles Manby
- Date submitted
- 26 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I believe Sizewell C is the wrong project in the wrong place. The site is vulnerable to climate change, sea level rises. It is also an ecologically important location. While it may have made sense to locate nuclear plants in such places originally, now it could become a flooded island of nuclear reactors and waste. There also seems to be power projects everywhere locally with no coordination. The technology is unproven and there is no working example in the world. There is a real risk of irreparable damage to Minsmere, a place which brings pleasure to thousands, is sustainable as a tourist attraction, a Special Protection Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The so called local benefits in terms of employment are not credible. Temporary jobs will be imported and destroy long term sustainable jobs in tourism, food and agriculture. Enormous negative impacts in traffic, noise, light pollution and disruption. Quite clearly a big negative overall. There will be pressure on local housing especially in private-rental sector, and all local people will get will be lower-skilled, lower-paid roles in “Site Support” as EDF says The decision not to be able to build from the sea means road based transport plan will have enormous and adverse impact on local communities and the visitor economy. Delay in the construction of new road infrastructure means villages would endure 2-3 years of increased traffic. Alternative relief road routes with legacy value not adequately assessed by EDF. It's a smash, grab and leave strategy by EDF. I wish to endorse the Relevant Representation submitted by Stop Sizewell C. I wish to state that I consider the Sizewell C application to be totally unsuitable for a digital examination process.