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Local Plan 2011-2031 Proposed Submission Draft
Policy SP6: Sustainable Transport
Representation ID: 2973
Received: 30/11/2016
Respondent: Ms Rebecca Fleherty
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Object on the following grounds:
additional congestion on A1(M);
pressure on existing rail services;
additional parking pressures in towns with rail services; and
need to invest in infrastructure before development.
I doubt this will be read but I want to know if anyone has thought about the impact extra housing will have in the transport infrastructure. The A1m this morning was diabolical almost a complete standstill between Letchworth and the M25 a journey that normally takes 45mins has taken 2 hours, but this is becoming the norm. More housing will only make this worse. Govia aren't even running a decent train service now what will happen when extra housing is introduced and further people start using the service, and if more houses are built at baldock and the train service is reduced there will then be parking issues at other towns and stations where people are then commenting to get the train.
Maybe invest in the local infrastructure first, improve the current services already in place , force govia to run a decent train service ( trains that are actually on time would be nice). And then think about more housing.
