Dear Sir,
Re the proposed development of housing south of Warwick,it is surely too great for our road structure.
Warwick is a an historical market town,with narrow streets which were built for a small town use.The Butts was the area for the arrowmen to practice their bow & arrow technique,now it is being turned into a main thoroughfare.At times now there is only room for single file traffic at the junction with Priory Road.
How can we cope with further development of 4,500 houses south of Warwick?.
The bridge over the Avon will not withstand such an increase of traffic.No matter how many new roads or traffic lights you propose the town road structure cannot cope with it.
The High Street traffic is nearly always at a stand still since your `pedestrian friendly` alterations. Nobody knows where it is safe to cross and if a lorry is unloading there are too many bollards for the cars to get through.As this is proving with the number that are continually knocked down.
Warwick Historic town deserves more respect than you are giving it.
People travel from all over the world to see our town and castle but if we have more housing development which will be car dependant we will end up with a continual traffic jam in the town centre and people will not bother to visit Warwick and tradespeople will suffer.
Why can`t all the derelict buildings;ie;Leper Hospital,Gas Works,Fire Station empty offices, be redeveloped into housing before large development on our green fields.
When Round Oak school was built and the playing field level was increased the gardens in Myton Crescent suffered flooding in wet weather as you can see from the attached photos.Can you guarantee this will not happen again when you have concreted over land for 800 houses or more on Europa Way?
We now rely on a ditch with a pump in it in the playing field of Round Oak School and hope it will work in heavy rain.