any 'green breathing space will be taken away from the area and the traffic will once again be considerably increased. This will result in more and more traffic being shunted on the A34 and surrounding roads by the possibility of some 4,000 extra cars (by some 2050 houses all to be in the Blythe ward). This will of course be exacerbated by traffic from a proposed school.
In addition a proposed junior school will make matter worse for residents as the 'school run' will create more traffic and add to the chaos as is evident with Our Lady of the Wayside school Stratford Road.
The road system cannot cope with the volume of traffic at most times of the day. There is limited scope for improving the A34 arterial road system already the most congested roadie Britain outside of London.The A34 Stratford Road both Northbound and Southbound through Hall Green is the worst for congestion. Financial services comparison website GoCompare analysed data from a number of different sources and the A34 came out as the worst.The A34 Northbound between Robin Hood Lane and the A4540 is the worst for congestion with motorists experiencing delays of 44 hours per
year. The A34 Southbound between the A4540 and Shaftmoor Lane has delays of 42 hours per year.cThe research also revealed Birmingham as the fourth worst city in the UK for congestion with drivers stuck in traffic for an
estimated 34 hours per year. The date was collected from a variety of different sources, including INRIX & the Department of Transport. The 38% load in Shirley/Blythe/Dickens Heath will undoubtedly significantly contribute to this problem regardless of what improvements are made to public transport.
The 'meaningful gap' with Cheswick Green has already been reduced by the recent building of properties on Tanworth Lane; this will therefore decrease any 'gap' further.
There will be significant pressure on schools, congestion, pollution and flooding. Whilst flood zones are said to be avoided, the building of houses with concrete drives and small gardens will only exacerbate real flooding issues.