Representation by Dr Tim Stout
- Date submitted
- 23 February 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Key Objections 1. Potential breach of government’s legal obligations under the Climate Change Act 2008 c.27 and the Environment Act 2021 c.30, especially in relation to biodiversity and air pollution targets. 2. Commitment by Highways England and in LTN documentation to PAS2080, but non-compliance with the PAS 2080 carbon emission reduction hierarchy. 3. Failure to ameliorate health/injury risk from high additional traffic levels resulting from LTC and failure to assess/predict traffic levels on Havering’s roads in response to foreseeable adverse events, such as severe congestion at the existing crossing (as a former regular commuter across the Dartford Crossing by bicycle I know this happens often). 4. Unacceptable adverse effects on air pollution, traffic density in already congested urban areas, human and animal health, biodiversity, destruction of ancient woodlands, noise pollution as well as adding to the impenetrable barriers for active travel created by major road infrastructure. 5. Proposals for active travel are vague and piecemeal, do not commit to building paths to recognised standards such as LTN1/20 or linking them to a wider active travel network. There is no provision for carriage of cycles or pedestrians across the LTC.