Object
Local Plan Main Modifications 2017
Representation ID: 70401
Received: 26/04/2017
Respondent: Bob Drumgoole
Plan is unsound as good parking facilities already exist in town & multi storey park is being built costing £6 million. Makes no sense to reduce what is available to create P&R at huge cost to WDC & taxpayers. Proposed P&R so near town would not be used- would not make access to town convenient. Commuters won't want to use public transport to complete their journey. If dedicated buses put in place A452 would need to be widened at further costs. Plan would increase commuting times & expenditure without any likelihood that P&R in this location would be used.
I believe this plan is unsound as good parking facilities already exist in the town and a further multi storey park is being built costing £6 million. It makes no sense to then reduce what is available/ being built in order to create a Park & Ride at huge additional cost to WDC and local taxpayers.
The proposed P&R so near the town would not be used as it would not make access to the town convenient or appealing. Why would anyone choose to park so near the town and then have to wait for a public transport bus to complete the journey? If dedicated buses were to be put in place then the A452 would need to be widened into a dual carriage-way at further additional costs. The proposed plan remains unsound as it would result in greatly increased commuting times as well as huge costs to WDC and taxpayers without any likelihood that a P&R in this location would be used by the public.