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  Yes, I noticed that many of the trees are dead or dying along the A20 corridor in Dover. One fell over recently in Snargate Street, and it was left for some time before being cleared away. Insofar as the response from the ferry companies is concerned, it is not really a surprise. With any large business the primary focus is on profits and the dividends for the shareholders.
  
  Corporations (and Governments as the lapdog of corporations) will not spend money on cleaning up their act unless forced to do so. Environmentalism is, after all, a zero-benefit cost to the company.
  
  I am glad that you have both written to the ferry companies; it's important to put pressure on them and not kow-tow to their bully boy tactics.
  
  It will be interesting to see whether DDC will insist on action from the ferry companies about the unacceptable level of pollution caused by their ferries (sulphur dioxide). They should also be taking up the issue of traffic pollution with the Dover Harbour Board, namely the traffic congestion (particulate matter). The people of Dover are compromising their health for the benefit of these companies despite the legislation laid down by the EU

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