Dear Mr Hemsworth,

I am writing in response to your letter dated 8th December 2004 regarding Coastal Protection - Gorleston Promenade.

I take issue with your assertion that the request to have the display boards in the Town Hall was not followed up as I and my wife did just that on numerous occasions. You stated that this exhibition was to go up in the Town Hall at the meeting of 29th September, in your letter dated 14th October and in my e-mail correspondence with you and Bernard Harris. It appears that I was naive in believing you. Would you now send me details of all the exhibitions that have been put up in the Town Hall that were obviously more important. Incidentally, Bernard Harris promised me that he would send me details of all the proposals listed on the display boards. However, he like you has failed to keep his promise.

I have a number of other questions to put to you;

1. Who told Halcrow not to respond to enquiries from the public about the Reef?
2. In order for questions of a more technical nature to be put forward would it not be advisable to allow these questions to be submitted prior to the meeting so that a more informed response can be given by Halcrow when the next meeting takes place?
3. Why cannot the next meeting be advertised on the GYBC website? In fact why is more use not made of the website to inform the public of various issues?

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