Object
Revised Development Strategy
Representation ID: 58047
Received: 29/07/2013
Respondent: Mr Paul M Whitwood
Population has already increased significantly over the last 20 years which has placed a burden on infrastructure. A further 20% increase is inappropriate and infrastructure will not be able to cope. Traffic congestion is already a problem and will become worse and mitigation proposals will not resolve the problem - particularly as we are constrained by natural barriers such as the rivers and the railway. The infrastructure requirements will make the development financially unviable.
Amenities such as shops and hospital will require the river to be crossed - bridges will become bottlenecks. Hospitals, schools, public trasnport, police etc will also need investment to supoport the new developments. The plan needs to demonstrate how infrastructure can cope and how it can be delivered.
In reality only 5500 houses are required to support natural growth. These excessive amounts of housing will encourage more communiting
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