Part of the ERA Quarterly General Meeting, provisionally scheduled for 7.30 p.m. on Monday 18 October, will be devoted to some of the environmental issues facing Emsworth and the surrounding areas, including Chichester and Langstone Harbours.

We are inviting members of the local groups who will showcase their efforts in improving certain environmental problems facing the Emsworth area. Using display boards and visual presentations, along with a brief report will enable ERA members and the public to get a brief overview of the environmental threats.

These threats include:

• Increased traffic and pollution along the A259 passing through and around Emsworth due to overdevelopment to the west of the Harbour/ South Downs corridor.

• The downgrading of the Harbour areas’ AONB by Natural England.

• Loss of local habitat for flora and fauna, including local bat species.

• Over-abstraction from river and ground-water sources.

• Pollution of the harbours through under-capacity of the three local sewage treatment works.

• Vast increases in the volume of litter, etc. pollution in the Emsworth town centre area.

The date and venue of the meeting will be confirmed to ERA members and the public later in the year. If there are any other environmental groups willing to provide display boards at the meeting, please contact Chris Fuller: chrisf.era@virginmedia.com

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