Representation by Wendy Howe
- Date submitted
- 22 June 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
It will impact adversely on the lives of those living in the nearby villages. There will be noise pollution from the trains and lorries, and air pollution from fumes. This will not help climate change. There is already a great deal of warehousing nearby at Hinckley and Lutterworth. There is already the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal, which has been extended. Opening up the motorway junction will encourage drivers to travel through the villages of Sapcote and Stoney Stanton to get there. These villages are already under pressure with traffic usage. It will impact greatly the lives of people living there. People working at the HNRFI would also be travelling there and using the village roads 24 hours a day. Extra traffic will increase air and noise pollution. The M69 joins the M1 at Junction 21. There are daily traffic hold ups here, which will be increased by the extra lorries. Vehicles travelling slowly or at a standstill will increase air pollution. If there is a problem on the M69, lorries may have to use alternative routes. This must NOT be the local villages, as the road infrastructure is not suitable. A main route out of Leicester to the villages of Sapcote and Stoney Stanton is the B4114. When trains are passing through Narborough Station, road traffic can back up to the B4114. The increased number and longer trains will cause problems in Narborough and traffic backing up more frequently to the B4114. Queueing traffic increases air pollution.