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  More smoke and mirrors. 'An extra £20m' is just pure guesswork, scaremongering, and cannot be justified.
  
  The nonsense of dredging elsewhere taking money away from Dover would only be applicable were the sub-contracted dredging company based in Dover in the first place. They are not and will not be, so it is a fictitious detail.
  
  The 520 potential jobs are not only dependent on the completion of the project (the DHB spend on this having an effect is another fiction) they also rely on outside companies being prepared to take on the offered spaces for which they would pay the costs. It is those potential businesses that would dictate the number of new jobs.
  
  As yet, DHB have not even announced a number of companies interested.
  
  Let alone been able to name any.
  
  Apart from creating space for increased business, the other key factor in any improved trading has to be the road system leading to and from the port.
  
  Various ideas and rumours are floating around about this.
  
  However, no positive statements as yet.
  
  Apart from the cheap option operation TAP and the removal of a couple of roundabouts, including concreting over the renowned wildlife sanctuary of Samphire Hoe and expensively tunneling under the Western Heights (probably involving the loss of Shakespeare beach).
  
  The allusion to 'waiting 70 years' is also an emotive falsehood as it refers to the towns regeneration and not the growth of the port.
  
  Which is planning the growth in size, to meet expected demand in the near future.
  
  Tilbury and the advantage of the new Thames crossing is waiting in the wings as a fierce competitor.
  
  Only 90 Cruise Ships this year, shows up the calibre of business acumen, the current Dover Harbour Board has. The Cruise Business is going elsewhere.

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