Representation by Jacqueline Burke
- Date submitted
- 30 January 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I have serious concerns about the amount of HGV and other traffic that this proposal will generate as a result of construction and ongoing maintenance. This is a rural area with many narrow winding roads. Many of them have no footpaths which means that residents have to walk in the road. In my own case, as a resident of East View, this involves walking in the road around an extremely hazardous double bend at the junction of North Street, Elms Road and Mildenhall Road. There are already many occasions when I’ve had to virtually climb into the hedge, as there isn’t even a grass verge, to avoid being run down by vehicles that don’t know the road and are travelling too fast. For some of my neighbours who are elderly, or who have children or dogs it is even more hazardous. Without being able to negotiate this junction safely we are left with no alternative than to use cars for every short journey between our homes and all of the village amenities (the church, the pub, the recreation ground and children’s playground and the village hall). It is imperative that none of the traffic associated with this development should be permitted to use this dangerous junction to access the various sites. If you allow this to happen, you will need to shoulder the responsibility of a serious, perhaps fatal accident. In addition to the danger to pedestrians, there is also a danger to car drivers. Elms Road in particular is used by many other drivers as a rat run and they exit the A11 and continue to drive as if they are still on it. When you get a large vehicle coming in the opposite direction, you are forced to move right over onto the verge to avoid losing your wing mirror (something that many of us have experienced). As a result of this the edges of the road is, like many others in the area, badly eroded. This then results in dangerous pot holes and causes further damage to vehicles and danger to drivers. It is imperative that none of the traffic associated with this development should be permitted to use Elms Road to access the various sites.