Support

Representation ID: 5933

Received: 08/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Tom Tagg

I support the stepped trajectory approach for the following reasons:
• It will give BBC more time to make the correct decisions on the basis of firmer information such as: the Ox-Cam Arc Spatial Strategy will be agreed; Black Cat/A428 upgrade plans will be approved; and EWR route and station locations will be decided. These are current significant unknowns and planning now will be a potential waste of time and tax-payers money, and some or all of the work will have to be repeated when these major issues become clearer. Alternatively, incorrect decisions may be made locating developments in the wrong parts of the borough – these are major decisions that will have a lasting impact on the borough and the lives of the residents forever.
• There will be time for integrated planning with Central Beds and Hunts DC.
• The impact of new HMG planning legislation and how this fits with HMG policy to “level up” across the UK will be clearer.
• There will be time to correctly carryout the traffic modelling to include employment land and correct numbers of vehicles leaving in the AM peak hour from any new settlements (current errors in the traffic models to date – as my responses to 1.23 to 1.25.
• There will be time to correctly identify the infrastructure needed to be in place to deliver the plan – this may be potentially major, e.g. widening the A421 to twin three lane.
• There will be time to embed new Environmental regulations.