No

Draft Local Plan Review

Representation ID: 399

Received: 25/01/2017

Respondent: Leighton Jones

Representation Summary:

There are no sensible alternatives for the large proportion of new residents of the Knowle developments who will need to access Solihull by car. The proposal for a 30 minute bus service is pathetic. This is what we are supposed to have now and it does not cope with peak times at all. Any service MUST respond to the variation in demand. Infrastructure provision needs to be provided at the beginning of development, not afterwards. An additional 3500 residents is a 30% increase in size, which will wreck existing services of ALL sorts, not just transport.

Full text:

There are no sensible alternatives for the large proportion of new residents of the Knowle developments who will need to access Solihull by car. The proposal for a 30 minute bus service is pathetic. This is what we are supposed to have now and it does not cope with peak times at all. Any service MUST respond to the variation in demand. Infrastructure provision needs to be provided at the beginning of development, not afterwards. An additional 3500 residents is a 30% increase in size, which will wreck existing services of ALL sorts, not just transport.