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Representation by Alexander Gordon Martin (aka Sandy Martin)

Date submitted
30 September 2020
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

Construction of Sizewell C on the proposed site will involve the destruction of sites of ecological importance, including Coronation Wood, and an increase in the level of local road traffic. East Suffolk is an area of important and growing tourist interest, and harm to the local environment will also harm the local economy. None of this can be justified unless there is an overriding need for nuclear power. If the need for nuclear power is assumed to outweigh all the local detriments, without any scope for arguing that point, then the Examination is pointless. The only sensible course for a meaningful Examination will be to weigh the local detriment against the national need for a new nuclear power station.