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Save our Goodwin Sands from dredging by Dover Harbour Board

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Latest Campaign News (December 2016)

Dec 19, 2016 | News | 3 comments |

You may not have heard from us recently but our efforts to stop the proposed dredging still continue apace.   Last month, the MMO held a meeting with the Ministry of Defence, Dover Harbour Board and their consultants to try to address the MoD’s continued concerns with regard to the Protection of Military Remains Act.

Goodwin Sands SOS was not invited to the meeting as we are not considered primary advisors and we are still awaiting the publication of the Minutes on the public register.   At our insistence however, the MMO are hosting another meeting in January with members of the Joint Nautical Archaeological Policy Committee so they can address their own concerns at first hand to the MMO.

In the meantime, research by GWS SOS has unearthed newspaper articles reporting that the first dredging licence issued in 1976 was ‘for one project only’ and would not be ‘the thin end of the wedge for the further taking of sand’.  GWS SOS are taking the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP to task over this and have called for an investigation into why four further dredging licences were issued. An acknowledgement to this request has been received.

We would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and thank you so much for your continued support. We will continue the fight in 2017 and do please remember that the petition is still alive and kicking and waiting to be signed!

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/goodwin-sands-sos-stop-the-dredge

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  • Mic
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    February 1, 2017 at 3:32 PM

    Wondered what the latest news on the Goodwin Sands dredging permissions. Hopefully abandoned , have not spoken to anyone who thinks its a good idea, If Dover harbor board trying to save a few quid maybe turn local cemeteries into gravel pits and as beaches will lose protection of the Goodwin sands maybe even cheaper to short cut digging up the Goodwins dig up the beaches straight away.

    It also seems to coincide with the Bretts marine aggregate processing plant proposal at Ramsgate implying that even 2.5 million tons is just the start .

    • Joanna Thomson
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      August 22, 2017 at 8:42 AM

      Hi Mic, The dredging plans have not been abandoned despite DHB finding a new and geotechnically viable alternative dredging site only 41 nautical miles away (the closest possible).

  • sofiah garrard
    · Reply

    September 25, 2017 at 6:13 PM

    If there is one species that is reliant on an area of land we have to respect that. If we deny the seals this basking site which is so vital to them simply because of money..it will be unforgivable….we have so much more knowledge about life in the sea now and the sea isn’t there to be exploited needlessly. Also history is so important….without the past there is no future….we must respect this fragile planet and its creatures.

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