Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

It is unsafe to add so many homes in this particular area. It is already very congested traffic wise and emergency services struggle multiple times a day to navigate the heavy traffic system between Hitchin and Letchworth. Adding in excess of 600 vehicles each day to this will prove increasingly dangerous. The risk of people using side roads as rat rubs puts everyone at risk. The local schools, doctors and dentists are over subscribed and the Lister hospital can barely deal with the through flow as it is. To increase the number of people accessing the local amenities such as health and education without the ability to increase capacity is sheer madness. There has already been numerous traffic calming attempts locally to no avail. It only takes small road works or a spell of bad weather to block access to or through from Hitchin to Letchworth. Parking is already difficult- people double park which reduces emergency vehicle access