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    You think Dover has Port difficulties just bear of thought for the people of Falmouth where a £160 million regeneration scheme which would have created 800 much-needed jobs in a struggling town has been blocked by an EU ruling - to protect algae on the sea bed.

    A rare form of algae called Maerl is growing off the docks in Falmouth, Cornwall apparently it takes 8000 years to form- but it cannot be moved or tampered with because the site is listed as a Special Area of Conservation Sir John Banham, a former chief of the Confederation of British Industry who is now leader of the local Enterprise Partnership, attacked the 'unaccountable bureaucrats' who have blocked the scheme.

    He said: 'They need to think very carefully about who they are working for and who pays their salaries.'What I am expecting from them is to find solutions to the situation and not indulge in negative bureaucratic foot-dragging. 'We are in an era of austerity and we desperately need new jobs.''They need to wake up and smell the coffee.

    'EU rulings can't take into account the impact on local lives. The plans include dredging the Fal and Helford estuaries to accommodate larger ships and make the port deeper which would allow the port to admit larger ships and cruise liners. Right Vic and AlexD get your teeth into that.....

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