Object
Draft Local Plan - Supplementary Consultation
Representation ID: 8725
Received: 15/03/2019
Respondent: Mrs Jill Collins
Impossible to improve highways to cope with traffic generated by developments on sites 8/9.
There is no way of widening Knowle High Street. Bypass plan has been abandoned, but that would not alleviate congestion between Knowle and M42/Solihull, neither would a one-way system round Knowle.
Warwick Road currently heavily congested in mornings/evenings. Add traffic from site 9 and it would be standstill. Traffic from site 8 at Hampton Road would cause gridlock.
Proposed small primary school would not cope with children from sites 8/9 - especially if current Catholic primary school is closed and site used for even more housing.
It is absolutely impossible to improve the highway structure to cope with the traffic generated by developments on sites 8 and 9.
There is no way of widening Knowle High Street. The bypass plan has been abandoned, but that would not have alleviated congestion between Knowle and the M42 and on into Solihull, neither would a one-way system round Knowle.
The Warwick Road is currently heavily congested in the mornings and evenings. Add the traffic from site 9 and it would be at a standstill. Traffic from site 8 trying to join from Hampton Road would cause gridlock.