Representation by Graham Peck
- Date submitted
- 30 September 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I was born in Southwold where I grew up, I subsequently moved to Aldeburgh and now live with my family near Little Glemham. During that time I have experienced the building of Sizewell A, Sizewell B and am now faced with Sizewell C. The overall impact of Sizewell B on the locality during the build process was significant and my concern now is that given the size of the proposed Sizewell C project, this area of Suffolk will be seriously compromised for the ten years or so that it will take to complete. I have observed the impact that Hinkley Point has had on a wide area around that complex and expect that this will be no different in the case of Sizewell. EDF appear to be focussing on the road network to deliver the materials when far more use could and should be made of the rail and sea options. Suffolk relies on a large tourism industry which will be negatively affected by large numbers of heavy haulage and associated vehicles blocking our roads and any increases in job opportunities with EDF will be overtaken by those lost within the tourism industry. Suffolk is also a major farming County and a key supplier of cereals and vegetables much of which will also be negatively impacted by the power station construction. All this of course is now being exacerbated by the steadily increasing offshore renewables industry that is bringing with it requirements for power switching and distribution sites that also require large areas of land and access to the local road network. Suffolk contributes greatly to the supply of vital generated power and food to the country but is in danger of becoming an industrial building site in the process. In conclusion I question the viability of building a further nuclear power station within a few hundred metres of a low lying coastline that is suffering from significant erosion all in the face of more violent storms and a steadily increasing sea level?