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Save our Goodwin Sands from dredging by Dover Harbour Board

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Third Consultation Period is Open

Third Consultation Period is Open

Aug 29, 2017

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) announced that the third public consultation period for the Goodwins dredging licence application will run from 17th August to midnight on 28th September 2017.

We have been reading the information supplied by Dover Harbour Board (DHB) and have condensed it into a leaflet which we hope will make it much easier for you to respond to the MMO – you can read it here: Points of Objection to the MMO

There are also more details relating to the consultation here: Public Consultation Page

It is really important that you respond to the MMO if you can.  We need to leave them in absolutely no doubt about the strength of public opposition to this dreadful plan.  Please make your response personal and in your own words and it must include some of the points outlined above or the MMO won’t take it seriously.  And please remember to quote the reference MLA/2016/00227.

We have now passed the 15,000 mark for the total number of signatures collected (on paper and online) which is quite a milestone!  Please do continue to share this email with anyone who still may not have heard of the campaign and thank you once again for your continued support.
So please get writing!

BBC Radio Kent Breakfast – Disputing Dover Harbour Board’s Suggestions

BBC Radio Kent Breakfast – Disputing Dover Harbour Board’s Suggestions

Aug 7, 2017

Joanna Thomson of Goodwin Sands SOS disputes claims by Dover Harbour Board that not dredging the Goodwin Sands will cost £500m. The discussion also includes David Brocklehurst OBE of the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Hawkinge.

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

Dunkirk star Sir Mark Rylance launches fresh attack on dredging plans

Dunkirk star Sir Mark Rylance launches fresh attack on dredging plans

Aug 6, 2017

Sir Mark Rylance, star of the recent film ‘Dunkirk’ has launched a fresh attack on the plans by Dover Harbour Board to dredge part of the Goodwin Sands.

During the filming of Chris Nolan’s Dunkirk, I was at times at sea a few hundred yards off the actual beach of Dunkirk. I was very aware that we were reenacting a real and horrific tragedy for tens of thousands of brave young men who never made it home but died and fell to their resting places in the sand beneath our little boats. The memory of their all too brief lives was almost palpable in the shallow waters surrounding the beach of Dunkirk.

I wondered what the outcry would be in England if it was announced that France was going to dredge the sands of Dunkirk to make concrete and other construction products. Outrage I imagine.

Yet, here we are still fighting to defend the last resting place of many such brave young men who perished off the coast of Dover. I have to ask, What is the problem with us, that we are so disrespectful of these honourable souls who perished in the English channel defending the rest of us from fascism? Who is responsible for this insulting ongoing enquiry? Let it conclude as soon as possible and let there be apologies from all involved for the poor behaviour towards our fallen youth.

His comments have been published today in the Mail on Sunday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4764732/Plans-dredge-Goodwin-Sands-meets-Dunkirk-opposition.html 

The Guardian published the story on Monday 7th August 2017:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/07/mark-rylance-dredge-channel-sands-dunkirk-dover

 

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