Representation by Newark Bypass Environment Group (Newark Bypass Environment Group)
- Date submitted
- 14 July 2024
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
The A46 bypass scheme is the wrong project to solve the traffic issues in the area and will not offer benefit for Newark; the purpose of the scheme is not to address Newark’s traffic jams but to get freight to the ports. The negatives include: scale of infrastructure adjacent to a small historic market town; visual pollution; noise pollution; air pollution; population health detriment; loss of biodiversity; flooding risks; safety concerns; carbon impact; cumulative carbon impact; generation of more traffic in the Newark area; low value economic return; poor assessment of bypass interaction with surrounding roads; lack of network resilience; concerns about new bottlenecks occurring; inadequate investigative process (e.g. no mapping of PM2.5 pollutants); inadequate mitigation measures; inadequate consultation processes; wrong route corridor chosen.