In response to the article on Parkridge Developments' plans for Brighton Marina (The Argus, September 1), Philip O'Callaghan rejects Mr Duffy's claims as "scaremongering" and points to improvements to yacht owners' facilities, including new pontoons, amenity blocks and dredging.

This has been a great improvement to the marina and my thanks go to the company which provided these improvements - Premier Marinas, not Parkridge, which seems to have a slash and burn approach to development.

-Mike Brown, Roedean, Brighton