Representation by Glen Curtis
- Date submitted
- 21 August 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Seriously, in this day and age how have no improvements been made to this notorious traffic hot-spot? It is known throughout the country - when someone askes you where you live and you tell them "Glossop", their first response is (whilst pulling a pained looking face) "ooh, traffic's bad there". It's become a but of a national joke. To continue to allow this build up of traffic - especially large transportation vehicle's - is bordering on a crime when you consider the levels of pollution that there is due to stationary traffic. I dread to think what the air quality is like for those poor residents that live within a relatively close radius of the area in discussion. The frustration levels that the traffic cause also lead many drivers to seek alternative routes, cutting through residential areas of Hattersley, Mottram and Broadbottom. How do you imagine a frustrated and impatient driver travels through these areas? It only takes one driver to reduce their focus in these areas to cause some form of accident. It might only be another car they damage but there is always a risk in these areas of a pedestrian being involved. With the "cut-through' areas you also experience much higher levels of traffic too. Air quality in these more densely populated areas will also be suffering. That is not acceptable. If you think the introduction of electric only car sales will cure this then you ate massively mistaken. It is very apparent that by this deadline we will be nowhere near ready for this switchover and the demand for second hand older diesel and petrol cars will be high. Plus in another 8 years there will be even more cars on the road and - more worryingly - more HGVs etc to cater for the rise in population. There will be no "natural" decline in pollutants for many, many years to come. You owe the residents of glossop and surrounding areas this bypass. Its long overdue.