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Derbyniwyd: 23/07/2013

Ymatebydd: Mr Dennis Michael Crips

The analysis in the Strategic Transport Assessment makes a number of fundamental mistakes:

-The Assessment seems to have been made by taking a unique set of data (from 2011) and manipulating them without thorough thoughts as to the limitation of those data and without any 'reality' check as to the validity of the outcomes.

-Taking Warwick as a whole, the proposed mitigating measures, even if valued would make about 2% difference in traffic flows. This level of difference is 'in the noise' of any assessments and cannot be used as justification for introducing draconian measures. Therefore for the substantial majority of the time the traffic signals would be unnecessary and be introducing delay and pollution into the local area (i.e. Myton Road/Banbury Road Junction).

-The Assessment makes the incorrect assumption that traffic in and around Warwick will grow in accordance with the NTEM Adjusted TEMPRO database. This fails to acknowledge that such guidelines do not and cannot apply when the volume of traffic saturates the highway network in question. The recorded traffic flows between 2003 (Warwick Society) and 2010 (WCC) together with WCC's record of congestion incidents (2006) show a similar pattern.

-Morning peak traffic flows are focussed on drivers reaching their destinations by 9am and it may be assumed that this will continue to be the case. It may also be assumed that drivers will not want to begin their journeys any earlier, leading to the conclusion that additional traffic demands from new housing developments will find alternatives and therefore Warwick's morning peak traffic will be largely unaffected hence 'mitigating measures' are not required.

-The afternoon peaks, the 'school peak' is likely to remain unaffected since the capacity of the schools does not change. The proposed mitigating measures are unnecessary during the pm peak.