Representation by Clare Ash
- Date submitted
- 18 February 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The proposed project is not wanted by the people or City of Portsmouth. It will cause major disruption to a major artery, the Eastern Road, one of only three routes into the city. Portsmouth is an overpopulated island, with densities of people second only to London. It already has dangerously high levels of air pollution and this project will only add to that. The proposed route through Milton Common will damage wildlife. The route through Bransbury Park and Milton Allotments will seriously disrupt leisure activities. I note with some disquiet that the application documents were lodged by Aquind in many libraries except the Beddow Library, in Milton, and the Lacey Library in Baffins, the most affected areas. Aquind need to explain how this happened. No-one in Portsmouth and especially the Eastney, Milton and Baffins areas wants this unnecessary project. It will be detrimental to the people of Portsmouth and the promise of cheap electricity may be a pipe dream post-Brexit. It will amount to over 600 days of pure hell for Portmuthians, and for little or no advantage to anyone except Aquind and its Russian backers. Do not approve this project.