Representation by N Craise
- Date submitted
- 6 February 2020
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Whilst I have many concerns about the route of the proposed cable through Portsmouth my main concern is with the suggested route from Bransbury Park to the allotments via Yeo Court. Yeo Court is situated at the back of the even numbered houses in Godiva Lawn and provides the only vehicular access for those houses. The front of the houses in Godiva Lawn being a pedestrian walkway. Yeo Court is a narrow road that provides access to resident garages and parking and access to houses via back gates and there are no footpaths and it is a dead end. If one car is parked outside a garage there is room for another to pass by but no room for pedestrians. It is where rubbish and recycling bins are collected from and is the only access to the houses for deliveries and more importantly the only vehicular access for emergency vehicles. The plans states that access to front doors will be maintained during work but for the residents of Godiva Lawn even numbers, access to the back of the house is more important particularly in my case where there is a resident with mobility issues who accesses the car via the back gate and takes a wheelchair out via the back gate and Yeo Court. He could not manage to do either so if access was blocked and limited to the front of the house. The front of the house having two large steps and the car not being able to be parked anywhere close to the front door. As disruptive as it will be for all, if the plans are to proceed than better to continue the route of the cable through the park exiting at the pedestrian entrance on Kingsley Road and follow the route of this road. At least this road is wide enough to maintain access to vehicles, pedestrians, houses and access to surrounding roads whilst work is carried out.