The possible reason for the apparent lack of complaints regarding the proposed Quarry is it is difficult to visualize - 7 Million tonnes or the number of vehicles required to move this material.

The size of the Quarry is three times the area of Wroxham Broad.

1,500 tonnes must be removed every working day. If ten tonne lorries are to be used 160 return visits have to be made. That is 320 journeys along the B1150, not even A Class road. Most will find its way to the Ring Road which is running at present to near capacity. The remainder through the villages of Coltishall and Horstead. Can the existing road system cope with an extra 32 heavy lorries trundling over the river bridge? I wonder who will have right of passage? Large vehicles have difficulties with the acute bend by Coltishall Filling Station and often either use the pavement or the full width of the road.

These figures exclude private Contractors collecting sand and gravel and the extra traffic generated by the Ready Mix Concrete Plant. The new White Woman Estate will be the home for another 800 to l,000 vehicles. We have massive traffic jams just waiting to happen.

The noise generated by digging, grading, washing together with the shrill bleepers that sound when vehicles are reversing would be clearly audible for miles around. Don't forget the site is only a 7-minute walk from Coltishall Bridge and less than 5 from The Recruiting Sergeant.

There are no guarantees that in the future part or all of this site will not become the subject of a Planning application for a Household Refuse Site.

These are some of the reasons why this development is not suitable for this area.

H Foreman
Anchor Street, Coltishall