It is good to see our MP, Des Turner, is making it clear to Southern Water that it must consult properly and should avoid a greenfield site for its replacement sewage works proposals for Portobello.
A few years ago, Southern Water built its enormous stormwater tunnel from Brighton Marina to Shoreham Harbour. Why can this not be used to take Brighton and Hove sewage to be treated at a brownfield site in Shoreham harbour?
Since the company built the tunnel, I have not understood why it talks only about sending the sewage in our direction - is it because East Sussex County Council officers were too "helpful" to them in the past?
Any attempt by Southern Water to build a new sewage works in Peacehaven or Telscombe Cliffs will be fiercely resisted by local people and our MP. There is no brownfield site here.
-Barbara Powell, Lake Drive, Peacehaven
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