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Derbyniwyd: 29/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Mr Dennis Michael Crips

-Phase 2 and 3 of the Strategic Transport Assessment demonstrated that traffic generated by development on non-Green Belt land to the south of towns could be mitigated, hence development could be permitted. This is an entirely false conclusion based on evidence of the STA itself.
-The WCC's traffic management policy, is to plan for traffic reductions in Warwick town centre and this was in response to extensive public consultations and desire to improve air quality. It established a Joint Study Groups (JSG) to consider options for traffic reductions. The JSG is still in session and any scheme which actively plans to increase traffic is unacceptable.
-The existing traffic network is already overburdened as witnessed by the illegal levels of air quality in our towns.
-The WCC's 12-hour traffic counts and modelling were based on statistics arising at times of maximum traffic when the schools were in session. School related traffic adds 14% to the traffic burden (Warwick Society, 2003). Therefore the mitigation imposed are based on data relating to just 300 hours per year and 12 of the Mitigation Measure are entirely counterproductive at off-peak times.