Representation by Jennifer Powell
- Date submitted
- 15 September 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I am not convinced that the outlined proposal will satisfy many of the criteria for improvement in the following areas. 1. Certainly for the foreseeable future traffic appears likely to increase in key areas where it is already unfeasibly excessive such as at the approaches to and within Glossop and Tintwistle. 2. There is insufficient emphasis on the requirement to and measures actively and urgently to reduce traffic. 3. An inevitable consequence of any increase in traffic for whatever length of time will be an increase in emissions - areas such as Dinting Vale, Tintwistle and Glossop are in urgent need of remedial action to reduce the daily pollution of residential streets. 4. There is likely to be major disruption to the ecology of the area surrounding the bypasses with a consequent deterioration in air and land quality.. 5. There should be priority given to improving the provision of alternative forms of transport with the aim of removing lorries and cars from the road rather than encourage further use by improving facilities for them as distinct from residents and other transport-users. 6. I should like to see funding re-allocated to improving the above points rather than in shoring up road networks the benefits of which are questionable in light of current thinking.