Representation by Mattishall Parish Council (Mattishall Parish Council)
- Date submitted
- 16 June 2021
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The following represent the concerns of Mattishall Parish Council. A concern that the spill over of traffic issues resulting from the proposed junctions on the new A47 dual carriageway. In particular the Wood Lane junction. We understand the limitations of the HE remit on the ancillary roads network resulting from that work, but stress that the impact locally of it can not be allowed to fall into a void between HE and Norfolk County Council. It is therefore essential that those two organisations work together with us to mitigate and resolve emerging issues. In this context, there is a concern from several other Parishes as well as ours regarding the proposed Wood Lane complex. Where HE's remit ends on Berry’s Lane, the road is currently unsuitable for any volume of traffic likely to arise from the new Wood Lane Junction complex. It will require significant investment and improvements from NCC to deal with it, and even more should the final link of the NW Link completes at that same new A47 Wood Lane junction. The whole North South route will then be opened up on both the Northern side and the Southern side of the A47 bringing substantial increases in traffic for adjacent villages on either side and as far south as the A11. Other minor local North/South roads such as Church Lane, Fox Lane/Mattishall Lane, and Stone Road west of Mattishall are even less suitable for any increase in traffic being already heavily used as links from the Mattishall Road and Dereham Road which runs East West in parallel with, and to the south of the A47. Easy local access North South, to and past, the new A47 is vital for local services such as farmers, schools, doctors surgeries and emergency services. The Mattishall surgery has a large catchment area on both sides of the A47 with significant numbers of patient journeys. Finally, there are some issues that may arise from Norfolk County’s decision on how much of the old existing road is retained for local use such as farm transport, bus services, cyclists etc given that several existing access points to the A47 will be severed.