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There are simply too many people living on such a small island. Why the new waste water treatment is being designed for a population on 118,000 (as stated in the BiP) is completely ridiculous. The majority of foreign people come to my home, work, then leave taking their pension overseas as a) the cost of living is too great on the island b) the standard of living is quickly improving elsewhere (the Far East) and in many cases bypassing the standard of living in Jersey. The standard of living in Jersey has been/is being destroyed by the financial sector. Too put it simple before finance, say people earned £10,000pa estate agents would say let's sell the property for £80,000. With finance and so many other sectors placed on such a small island and as people's wages are so far out stretched either end, prices only match the high earners. The states of Jersey know this yet do nothing. Producing report after report, making comment after comment. Financial services have destroyed Jersey, tourists used to come here as it was life travelling back in time, now tho, if you want to see city like buildings they can just stay on the mainland. An island for the rich which has destroyed itself, this has been made evident by the cost of living/COVID as the lower earners left, leaving the vital jobs short on team members. You can create all the reports you want, the reality is, if the physical person is not there doing the job, the job will not be completed ( as shown in the construction industry, the SOJ only consecrated on training for finance not for trades). The Island has lost it town history, if things do not change the whole island will loose its history. This was made clear earlier this year when jersey dairy said if the dairy fields are built (stated in the BiP) on they will have to import milk. Say you do keep increasing the population, what then, what happens in another 30years? Will you increase the population again and again. The island will pop at some point, everything comes to an end and In my opinion it can't come soon enough.