Representation by Lucinda Rowley
- Date submitted
- 4 September 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
I operate a holiday business in the Eden Valley which has frontage unto the Eden River. I object to the A66 dualling proposal in particular the proposal for the Temple Sowerby- Appleby section. many of my guests book holiday in the Eden Valley to enjoy the landscape of the Eden Valley/north Pennine area whilst avoiding the crowds of the Lake District. Those who travel across from the east on the A66 describe enjoying the unique aspect of the road. It is part of the holiday. It is different. Money spent on the A66 should be spent upgrading the existing dualled sections to reduce access point straight unto a 70 MPH road. The proposals make the A66 the third highest emitter of all UK road projects. The prospect of Cumbria, which has suffered so badly with flooding, adding to climate change but receiving no benefit is upsetting. This road is not designed to benefit the local population. That was demonstrated by the fact the WCH consultation was an afterthought. For those in the hospitality industry whose guest access local walking/cycling routes it is hard to understand why this important issue was just tagged on .Nobody locally has been able to input. The flooding issue in Cumbria is enormous and we are just downstream of the Temple sowerby section. The plan for this section sees the road enter the Troutbeck SAC. That compromised the Eden River Trust floodplain restoration project. Pollution to the river will inevitably increase from tailpipe and tyre emission. Given the attention drawn to river pollution by the Surfers against Sewage campaign and Fergal Sparkeys campaign why is entry into the floodplain even a starter R