Representation by TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK (TOWN-PLANNING.CO.UK)
- Date submitted
- 12 July 2024
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The A46 Newark Bypass is trying unsuccessfully to perform two roles - firstly as a through route and secondly as a local route to get access from local villages into Newark. These two roles are incompatible and because of the River Trent none of the major roads in/out of Newark provide access to/from Newark without having to cross the A46 Newark Bypass and/or the A1 or A17. The at-grade alignment of the A46 Newark Bypass means that local and through traffic has to mix at every junction. This conflict creates unpredictability in journey times - it should take around 12 minutes to reach Newark from our business; however on many occasions this can take us anywhere between 50 minutes to an hour. It had become so difficult to get to/from Newark at times that we no longer use Newark for our business or leisure activities but instead travel to other towns. We also have developer clients and commercial business clients who will not invest in Newark because of the traffic difficulties caused by the bypass. We know of a logistics company who will not relocate to the Newark Industrial Estate because it would take longer to reach the A1 south than it does to reach the same point on the A1 from their current location some 10 miles to the north. The scheme proposed will look to separate the local and through traffic largely so is supported, although we have reservations about the effectiveness of the at grade proposals at the Farndon roundabout and the Winthorpe roundabout