Representation by Lake District National Park Authority (Lake District National Park Authority)
- Date submitted
- 24 August 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Lake District National Park Authority would like to register as an interested party in the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project Examination for the following reasons: a) The need for improved sustainable transport, particularly active travel connections along the route into the Lake District, and possible severance of routes from Penrith into the Lake District. b) Generation of increased traffic as a result of the scheme impacting on the Lake District, where there are already visitor traffic and parking issues, and leading to further development pressure within the National Park and World Heritage Site. In view of the development being within the setting of the Lake District World Heritage Site consideration could be made of whether a Heritage Impact Assessment for the infrastructure at the Western end of the route should be produced.