3:13pm Friday 12th March 2010
So The Argus is “glad to report” the “positive” news about the revived prospects of massive housing development at Shoreham Harbour (The Argus, March 11).
Many people will not think it positive to increase the population of this already overcrowded area. This new housing is not to replace old sub-standard stock – it is entirely additional and will bring many thousands more people into the area.
Despite fanciful talk of improving the infrastructure, the inevitable result will be more congestion, increased pressure on local services and a significant downgrading of the local quality of life.
Promises of job creation are empty – this is the spin of greedy developers and misguided politicians and planning officers. The jobs created will not even meet the demand of the population influx itself, so the net result will be to worsen, not improve, local unemployment.
Ray Chandler
The Drive, Shoreham
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