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Representation ID: 168157

Received: 29/07/2019

Respondent: Mrs Pauline Joslin

2.4 ACCESS, MOVEMENT AND CONNECTIVITY/ 1D MANAGING PRIVATE AND SERVICE VEHICLES

A428 provides the main route into Cambridge - there needs to be an independent access from Bourn Airfield onto the A428 to alleviate excessive traffic movements along the St Neots Road and through neighbouring villages. A new connection for the A428 to the M11 at Girton is essential feeding traffic both South and North to main places of employment. Only one third of the traffic heading east on the Madingley Road travels into Cambridge for work, the remaining two thirds use their cars to go South. Has a traffic count been carried out at junction13 (M11). Bourn Airfield residents will use their cars to shop, transport their families, the elderly and disabled, which means the very low anticipated traffic movements are wrong. We expect excessive traffic movements on St Neots Road, Hardwick meaning more noise and increased carbon emissions.

There is a contradictory statement on page 37 (no Access onto A428) and page 15 (maybe access available), which needs clarification. More traffic will be generated by the new P & R, environmental issues noise, 24hrs illumination, light pollution.

How can it be environmentally acceptable the removal of our green belt of trees next to the A428 to provide an express new busway, buses travelling in excess of 55mph. In the SPD it stipulates that the busway should have a 50M-100M barrier to be maintained to reduce noise and improve air quality. Hardwick is village with 2400 residents, the St Neots Road is a village road not a motorway.