Whatever Adam Trimingham says, processing the sewage of the residents of Brighton and Hove out of gratitude for all that they provide for Peacehaven does not seem like a good deal (The Argus, August 13).

When you consider that our neighbours in Newhaven are to be required to burn the rubbish from the city in an incinerator, it seems likely that Peacehaven residents will be exposed to a heady mixture of unpleasant smells, laced with toxic fumes and the spores of pathogenic bacteria. Just for good measure, there will be the exhaust fumes from the increased amount of traffic that these developments will inevitably cause.

Doubtless we shall need new pipework to carry the sewage, with the inevitable implication of major roadworks and traffic congestion – and we should know. There has been seemingly endless roadworks on the South Coast Road for something called a bus corridor. The deadline dates bear little resemblance to reality and neither explanations nor apologies have been in evidence when delays have occurred.

Forgive us if we seem cynical about the suggestion we probably won’t notice the sewage works, the incinerator or the congestion.

Forgive us if we have gained the impression that the residential areas to the east of the city double up as the waste-disposal area for Brighton.

Forgive our cynicism about the morality of the thinking which seems focussed on getting the waste of the city as far away from the posh areas as possible.

Fortunately, I have some alternative suggestions such as Preston Park or Wild Park in Moulsecoomb.

Please do not patronise us in Peacehaven, Mr Trimingham.

Many of us object profoundly to being the waste-disposal area for Brighton. So would you and the rest of the citizens of Brighton and Hove if you were in our position.

Stuart Newton, Woodlands Close, Peacehaven