Think Again!

From Ian Ritchie
Fen Ditton

THE letter comparing the £175,000 needed for the Arthur Rank Hospice with
the £14 million for the Bridge of Reeds (August 31) pales into
insignificance with the £160 million that is required to move the sewage
works two miles from its present position into green belt land in a
picturesque area close to Fen Ditton.
Anglian Water has confirmed that it does not need to move, and will not
contribute towards the costs. The land released for 600 houses will not
contribute much to these costs and the balance will have to come from the
pockets of the taxpayers!
Nobody in Fen Ditton or Horningsea wants this blot on our landscape nor the
upheaval of construction and the continuing pounding of vehicles that will
transit our village roads to deliver loads of slurry and sludge daily for
processing.
The plans will completely scupper the proposal for the Bridge of Reeds in
the same area.
Who will want to walk over it to join the network of trails through the
Fens, having first had a bird's eye view of a sewage works!
The lead sponsors of the Bridge of Reeds have stated that if the move goes
ahead, they will withdraw their support for the bridge.
The authorities must think again. Rather than bow slavishly to the
questionable edicts of central government they should consider what is
wanted by, and is best for, their current constituents.