Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft

Although change is inevitable the plans for the changes to Bygrave Road and North Road have not been fully thought out. The plan will permanently destroy farmland and create major problems for the transportation in Baldock and beyond.
The current plan is for over 3000 homes means at minimum an extra 5000 car movements per day on a road that can't cope with the current traffic. This would mean we would suffer years of chaos before a multi-million bypass is built using even more green belt.
When the plans for the work needed to make the Whitehorse junction better suggested a mini roundabout (£20,000). However since then a lorry has nearly destroyed the building on the corner. To really make sure that the junction is better would be to destroy listed buildings.
I understand that the aim is to get people to use public transport but that creates the more issues.
The bus system is in effective as there are buses hourly.
The trains are reducing the times and for the future the platform must be expanded.