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EDP editorial - Today the fight begins to stop the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads from being spoiled by powerlines
Stephen Pullinger
Thursday, November 22, 2012
12:27 PM
It is a timeless, magical landscape immortalised by generations of artists.
And the scenes of natural beauty beloved by painters from the 19th century Norwich school right up to the present day draw 7.4 million visitors a year, contributing £469m to the local economy and supporting nearly 6,400 jobs.
Confirmation earlier this week that this precious canvas of the Broads – its emotion-laden skies, whispering reedbeds and verdant pastures – could soon be under threat from electricity pylons has drawn an incredulous response from everyone from tourism chiefs to local residents.
Harnessing all the fury and indignation, the EDP is today firing its own Broads-side shot at National Grid – leave our precious Broads alone.
In launching our Say No to Pylons campaign, we make it clear that we are all for progress and understand that the East Anglia One windfarm to be constructed off the Suffolk coast will bring huge economic benefits.
But we must not let the power come ashore on overhead lines through parts of the Waveney Valley, one of the southern Broads’ precious jewels.
Adding giant metal structures to a tableau of such natural beauty would be like putting a moustache on the Mona Lisa.
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7 comments
Nice to see the Eastern Daily Press championing environmental causes in the Eastern side of the region.... pity they can't do it in the West too!
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Fenscape
Friday, November 23, 2012
As Ingo points out - this is common sense! A bit Daily Mail too, is it not?
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omnishambles
Thursday, November 22, 2012
They're buried all the way from Sheringham Shoal to Salle where they join the grid. I believe they will be buried all the way from Dudgeon to wherever it is finally decided they will eventually terminate. These will be buried from the offshore site to the beach, so there is absolutely no reason that they also can't be buried to the grid termination. (Apart from Financial!!)
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Windless
Thursday, November 22, 2012
It's probably a simplistic solution, but why not cable the windfarm output (under the seabed) to Sizewell and join onto the National Grid there...
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Andrew Shields
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Come on be serious, there is no way these pylons are ever going to come into being, everyone know this, although I expect many will lay claim to having prevented them happening.
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John L Norton
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Its not an EDP campaign, and its not just about pastoral bliss, but sense and public health. Those who operate large windfarms and receive subsidies for them should pay for the infrastructure that provides them with these profits. he expertise is available all over the continent, especially in Sweden were all HV lines are buried.
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ingo wagenknecht
Thursday, November 22, 2012
100% behind you EDP... the Utility companies will massive profits, therefore, the should not be allowed to take the easy option of ohead lines.Also, the 'poor' farmers will good out of the compensation for the distrurbance!!
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spodav
Thursday, November 22, 2012