Comment

Bedford Borough Local Plan 2040 Plan for Submission

Representation ID: 9084

Received: 04/07/2022

Respondent: Mrs Wendy Tuxill

Representation Summary:

Improvements to the A600 between Shortstown and the Wallis Way roundabout are essential if further building takes place near Shortstown as the present road is already inadequate to cope with the existing volume of traffic. Further development at Shortstown will excacerbate this problem.

Full text:

If the Gallagher development at College Farm, adjacent to Shortstown, providing over 1000 houses, goes ahead, the A600 road will need to be upgraded. Since the Bellway and other housing developments have taken place at New Cardington in the past decade, the volume of traffic using the A 600 has increased dramatically. If potentially another 1000 cars are to use it as a result of the College Farm development, the infrastructure is not there to cope with this volume of traffic. Harrowden crossroads is already an accident black spot, cars persistently turn right off the A 600 into Harrowden Lane towards Cardington, even though this is not allowed. For the residents of Old Harrowden Road where I live, turning either right or left onto the A600 is now problematical because of the volume of traffic. Traffic calming measures need to be introduced if further building takes place along the A600. To ignore this problem and allow building to be allowed without improving the A600 is both negligent and irresponsible.