Village Voice Oct / Nov 2017 Issue 182

the Spine road connection did not exist, the
increase in traffic at peak would be only about
40 vehicles per hour, or one every two minutes.
How can this present a major safety argument?
We believe that our traffic research, now
supported by the BCC figures, constitutes a
'material difference' which was not properly
considered by Councillors and Cabinet before
they made their decisions. We had asked that
WDC defer agreement on the Local Plan until
after WDC and BCC had reviewed the traffic
data. This was refused for the wider reasons
explained by Katrina Wood in her article here.
As a result of our various conversations with
both the lead Councillor for Planning and
Katrina Wood, an amendment was added to the
Local Plan. The amendment reads:
"The purpose of this Spine Road is to
distribute traffic from the Development. It is not
intended to act as an unofficial 'bypass' as this
would be detrimental to Penn and Tylers
Green due to the increase in through
traffic. The capacity of the Spine road
and the northern end of Cock Lane must
therefore be restricted through effective
traffic calming to deter through traffic."
Village Voice October/November 2017
At the Cabinet meeting which approved the
Local Plan on 18th September, Katrina made
reference to this issue and said she hoped the
amendment alleviated our fears. Sadly, it did
not alleviate our fears, and now BCC have
substantiated our fears with concrete numbers.
We do not believe traffic calming deters
determined drivers frustrated by the daily
Photographs (bottom & middle): Eddie Morton, (top): Keith Hawes
COCK LANE PARKING &
CONGESTION AT 3.30PM
AN AREA OF COCK LANE
AFFECTED BY PROPOSED WIDENING
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