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The park and ride scheme in the plan in the area north Leamington would not help as it is not a proper park and ride scheme as there is no dedicated bus. Commuters will not park and wait for a regular bus service as this would delay their journey considerably adding time to their commute and also not reduce their commuting costs if they then need to pay for the bus. It would be much quicker to park in the free areas e.g. Northumberland Road and walk into town. I don't see who would use it. Couldn't the money be spent on a dedicated cycle route from Kenilworth to Leamington that would take cars off the road. If either of the two proposed sites were used it would make no difference to reducing commuting times as the Park and Ride would require a dedicated lane and there is no scope to do this along the Kenilworth Road. Commuters would be queueing from the A46 to get to the park ride so the park and ride would need to further out of town to have any use.
I also believe these plans are drafted in error as Warwick District Council agreed at the Public Examination on 13 October to remove this land from the areas for a Park and Ride.
In addition this would mean putting the Park and Ride on green belt which is required to prevent Leamington from almost joining with Kenilworth.