Band 5+: Your local council is planning to build a new shopping center near your house. Write a letter to the council expressing your concerns about this plan. You should include: - What concerns do you have about increase traffic? - What could be the impact on local businesses? - Suggest an alternative solution that would benefit the community.

Dear councillor,

I hope this finds you well. I am writing this letter to express my concerns and impacts on the environment after construction of a new shopping mall as part of your developmental plan.

The local traffic movement will be affected potentially, which is just opposite our society. A huge area of the road will be narrowed to cover the parking area for the mall, and as a result, the transportation will consider to pass through the society and become a cause of noise pollution.

There is a beautiful park in our location with a great number of trees, which allow us to inhale fresh oxygen, and where children enjoy the free time with their elders. who also come to gossip with their neighbours. But, due to your proposed future project, it will reduce in size, and morever that will impact them drastically.

It is my humble request to you to relocate the center elsewhere. I hope my request will be considered empathetically. I will look forward to seeing your positive response.

Yours sincerely,

Amir