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I wish to lodge an objection to the proposal to build a travellers site near the junction of Harbury Lane and the Fosse Way. As a frequent user of both roads, I am well aware of the amount of traffic using that route, and I shudder to think of the danger to the travellers (and particularly their children) if they are expected to live and play so close to such an intersection. There have been several accidents already on these two roads, and to deliberately allow the development of a residential unit so close to a busy and dangerous junction, injecting a whole new cohort of traffic into an already hazardous situation, seems perverse and insensitive. Without major alterations to the roads to allow safe access, I fear that this would become an accident waiting to happen, and with other less busy sites available (many of which are already adjacent to mains services which would have to be extended to the Harbury Lane option), I feel impelled to urge those responsible for this decision to reject this option and find the travellers a safer place to stay.