Object

Representation ID: 66410

Received: 30/06/2014

Respondent: The Warwick Society

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The allocation of greenfield sites otuh of Warwick make it impossible to meet to meet transport needs sustainably as required by the NPPF.

The relatively low densities proposed mean more space devoted to roadways and parking. the location will will create journeys as few destinations will be within walking distance. The road network is unattractive for cycling and buses cannot provide the quality of service to compete with the car.

Sustainable transport poliucy is paid lip service (paras 5.28 to 5.59) as evidenced by expenditure splits in the IDP.

The effects of the proposed mitigation on on traffic flows is questionable and raises doubts about the quality of the modelling. They do however show increased jourvey times, worse congestion and worse air quality. There are inconsistencies between the IDP and the STA. The STA also appears to indicate that any Plan which depends on increasing the flow of vehicles through Warwick Town Centre is undeliverable.

The Strategic Transport Phase 4 and Cumulative Assessments which support the Infrastructure Delivery Plan contain significant flaws. They describe schemes which have not been prepared in detail. Their costs, feasibility, deliverability, and impact are uncertain. Their effect on traffic is questionable: work carried out under the management of the Save Warwick Group, which is making its own representation, raises numerous doubts about the quality of the modelling and the realism of its conclusions.

These conclusions nevertheless indicate increased journey times, worse congestion, and air quality within the Warwick and Leamington AQMAs being worse than it would be without the 'mitigation' schemes.

There are differences between the schemes contained in the three documents, and these differences emphasise that no coherent traffic plan, let alone a transport strategy, exists.

The Plan takes no account of previously well-founded objections.