Sizewell creating local ‘buzz’, says residentpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time
Alice Cunningham
Reporting from Suffolk
Image source, Vikki Irwin/BBCWhile some locals are opposed to Sizewell C – see our previous post for an example – others welcome today’s funding announcement.
“I think [Sizewell C] is a really positive thing for the community,” says Chris Matthews, 36, a trainee paramedic from Leiston, the town just west of the plant.
“I’ve lived here 10 years, always in the shadow of two historical power plants so I don’t really see what difference a third is going to make.
“It’s going to be good for the town, for the local economy, local empty shops being filled up and there’s been a bit of a buzz around the place recently.
“There’s the negatives of the traffic, but actually that’s bearable when you can see the increased revenue and income coming into the town.
“Ultimately if we want this country to be independent and self-sustaining we need the resources and the electric to be in-house, so it needs to come from somewhere.”
