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Representation ID: 66333

Received: 23/06/2014

Respondent: Mr Dennis Michael Crips

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Previous local plans right through to the LPT (2011) seek to reduce traffic flows in Warwick. However these proposals seek to increase traffic flow. This will impact on air quality and the historic environment (especially Avon Bridge). This is contrary to local and national policy.
The SA acknowledges air quality as a problem but expects the problem to have disappeared by 2029. This does not deal with the urgent problems faced now. The plan is not therefore sustainable.
Policy TR2 is inadequate due to the failings of the STAs. The STAs are based on a standard modelling tool and refer to peak times only. The do not assess impacts for the majority of the time. Taken together with false mitigation, this has led to erroneous conclusions. the needs of pedestrians have not be taken in to account. The STAs assume mitigation is about reduced journey times at peak hours only when the measures will be 24/7. This will means traffic is stopped even when it doesn't need to be, causing unnecessary delay and pollution.

There are also errors of fact such as with tables 32-35 of the STA phase 3. This undermines confidence in the documents submitted as evidence and validity of the data.