Representation by Virginia Mary Bucknor
- Date submitted
- 16 October 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
My major concerns are regarding (1) the lack of Highways infrastructure for lorries coming from a 200 mile radius of our small market town. We have no dual carriageways (except for one of about 250 yards along the Churchill Road which was the old canal filled in that feeds into the River Nene. The A47 is a popular route to the North Norfolk coast and the single carriageway is frequently jammed during the summer months so the increased 330+ lorries per day will exacerbate the existing problem (2) the imposing damaging visual impact on our Fenland Georgian town which has 263 Listed buildings and the enormous chimneys will be seen for miles around (3) building on a flood plain. We had a flood disaster in 1978 so bad the Prime Minister visited. Flood gates were installed. These gates were breached in 2013 when the River Nene came over the flood gates into businesses around Freedom Bridge on both sides of the river. The town is low-lying, surrounded by waterways with the River Nene running through the centre of town.