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Representation by Dave Burton

Date submitted
20 August 2021
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

Stationary traffic mornings and evenings and tail backs from Mottram traffic lights cause air and noise pollution. Public transport times are badly affected due to traffic hold ups. Driving out of the area towards Manchester can take 30 to 40 minutes. This causes driver impatience especially for drivers from the other side of the Woodhead. There has been no improvement to this road system for many years and many objections are from people who wish to keep the area in aspic and I suspect are not impacted greatly by the road and traffic problems. 20 years ago the full by pass was almost passed until objections by Julia Bradbury and this same lobby group prevented the build. This proposal does not impact the Peak District National Park.