As a resident of Norfolk and a frequent visitor to Yorktown/ Jamestown I oppose the extension of cruise ship ports in the Hampton Roads area. The ships can not be trusted not to discharge pollutants and to use the right kind of cleaner fuels on the coastline. There is a big need to regulate and ban cruise ship discharge and/or require cleaner fuels.

besides this I visited a number of european cities/ towns and the influx of daily visitors is awful to those communities. They do not spend much money, they overuse cultural and natural places of significance and often behave pretty badly towards the people. The ships are to large, the visitors to many and the effect on the coastal communities and the wetlands/ coastline to significant to be gambled on.