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Representation by Benjamin Powell

Date submitted
14 September 2021
Submitted by
Members of the public/businesses

The planned link road is an extremely ineffective use of public money. It will provide very little benefit whilst negatively impacting the local environment. Traffic will not be reduced and the benefit to people in the area will be limited to a very small number of houses who will be bypassed. Money needs to be invested in reducing car numbers on roads in the area rather than encouraging more to use it. HGVs and other heavily polluting vehicles need to be using alternative routes, public transport links need to be improved and promoted as does the use of cycling. 20 years ago public support for this project would have been very high but it is not fit for purpose in a world that is grappling with climate change.