It has been announced the skies around Mersea Island are to become a stacking area for aircraft coming into London airports.
Can we be sure this will not prejudice the effective monitoring of the air exclusion zone around the Bradwell nuclear power station?
Some marshes in Essex are still being used as a dumping ground for London's rubbish, as the seas were earlier for its sewage.
Why should the tranquillity of the Essex Marshes be disturbed to be another "dumping ground" - this time for London's noise?
Ian Clarke
Seaview Avenue
Mersea Island
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