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Wildlife Sanctuary to support Bathside Bay port project

Tendring District Council has approved a 117 hectare natural habitats and wildlife sanctuary as part of the Bathside Bay port expansion project in Harwich. The new development will create a mixture of estuarine and coastal habitats, including intertidal mudflat and saltmarsh. Bathside Bay is part of Freeport East, which also includes the port of Felixstowe. Freeport East chief executive, Steve Beel, said: “Given the planning processes that most other projects face, Bathside ... [+]