"AIR of doubt over green light for multi-million dredging project" (In Port, May 21).

A lengthy article with convoluted, conflicting, statements.

I cannot believe that the dredging of any port facility here in the UK is as complex as is seemingly made out; indeed, my suspicion is that like so many other cases here in Cornwall, it is a question of simple maintenance (the lack of it) that is being neglected by those responsible for the task, i.e. A and P Falmouth and Falmouth Harbour commissioners, both being tight-fisted. Be it a case of replacing or repainting railings along the seafront, as was once the case, or upgrading the Prince of Wales Pier, etc, the combined Cornish councils, in these cases, were reluctant to spend our money on maintaining these and other similar public amenities. This sort of attitude also applies to the dredging of the harbour.

The other interesting aspect borne out in this article is that of vested commercial interests, i.e. the cruise liner business only.

That none of the many parties mentioned (or even David Barnicoat) have ever had the courage to comment on a public amenity that of a permanent sea ferry service to Europe and which would benefit more so than the cruise liner trade both Falmouth and the entire county, confirms the ongoing collusion that exists and which results in the bulk of the Cornish populace being deliberately overlooked by a comparative handful of biased businesses concerned, and most councillors who are stuck in an antiquated rut when it comes to progress.

Peter Mahoney, Reawla, Hayle