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Re: Policy number: 5.59.3 Areas of search for Park and Ride

There will not be dedicated buses to shuttle commuters into Leamington. The proposed scheme will comprise a car park and associated facilities (waiting rooms, toilets etc) where scheduled bus services will stop.
Users will have to time visits to coincide with the bus timetable

Presumably there will be a charge for using the service

The proposed sites are too close to Leamington Spa to be of value to commuters who would be required to wait and pay for a bus which is unlikely to take them near to their workplace or where they wish to shop.

Much of the traffic using the A452 crosses to the south of Leamington where there are major employers

Shoppers are unlikely to use the park-and-ride when there is adequate parking in Leamington because of the inconvenience of carrying shopping on a bus.
The sites are too close to Leamington to reduce congestion on the A452. A scheme focussed on the A46 roundabout with the A452, which could form part of the Thickthorn Development, and provide for Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Warwick University and potentially Coventry would be more viable and feasible. Alternatively, a site near to, or within the Stoneleigh Park, could provide out-of-town parking for Leamington Spa, Coventry and the NAC.