Representation by Jonathan Atkinson
- Date submitted
- 4 September 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I object to the A57 Link Roads for the following reasons: - The scheme will increase traffic around the majority of Glossopdale, in particular on minor and residential roads. - Air pollution improves for some households, for others nitrogen dioxide remains above the legal limit e.g. on Market Street, Hollingworth. For one property on Dinting Vale air pollution gets worse. The Air Quality Management Areas in Tintwistle and Glossop would remain. - Road accidents will increase with 102 extra collisions over 60 years but on the A57 Snake Pass, a high risk road for a fatal or serious injury crash, there would be 160 extra collisions over 60 years. - It will make a significant contribution to carbon emissions and in turn, negatively impact on climate change, adding an extra 399,867 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. - A lorry ban coupled with sustainable transport measures and technological improvements would bring lasting benefits and avoid the above adverse impacts. But Highways England rejected this option. Far reaching changes since 2015 – the declaration of a climate and nature emergency and the Covid-19 pandemic – make scrutiny of this option essential.