Comment

Representation ID: 24736

Received: 26/10/2017

Respondent: Mr Christopher Wrathall

It makes sense to invest now in Hybrid Electric and Pure Electric vehicles. Ipswich can benefit from grants and schemes that may have dried up by the time investment becomes obligatory in 2040. In addition, if infrastructure is installed on new developments now, it removes the potential future cost of retrofitting.

Comment

Representation ID: 24750

Received: 27/10/2017

Respondent: Mr Peter Sutters

A trolley bus route for central area - going to Station, Shops and Waterfront

Comment

Representation ID: 24789

Received: 23/09/2017

Respondent: Mr Philip Pethybridge

Ipswich is very wide in comparison to other towns. This does not help in making the whole town accessible. Go north, put the infrastructure in and build the northern route. [See also response to Q4 regarding cycling infrastructure].
It is probably too late now, but there's a lot of remodelling of the junctions around East Ipswich; I wonder if any consideration for cycles has been put into those?

Comment

Representation ID: 24809

Received: 14/10/2017

Respondent: East Suffolk Travellers Association

Improvements are needed to the local rail network. Atkins, consultants to East/West Rail, are putting the case for an increase in train service frequency into Ipswich from Bury St Edmunds and Felixstowe. This will require additional platform capacity at Ipswich and double-tracking the Felixstowe line. The proposed Ipswich Garden Village should benefit from a relocated Westerfield station served by more trains than at present. East Suffolk Line capacity should be enhanced to enable half-hourly services to Woodbridge and Saxmundham, and provide Woodbridge with a more attractive service into Ipswich. Ideally, the entire section from Woodbridge to Saxmundham should be re-doubled.

Comment

Representation ID: 24833

Received: 23/10/2017

Respondent: Mr Michael Mann

Re-open the park and ride. Put in links to the hospital from each of them, reducing the need for so much parking at the Hospital, allowing the Hospital to develop and giving the staff a place to park. Replace 90% of pedestrian crossings in town with footbridges over roads. Reduce the number of traffic lights to allow freedom of movement. Increase the number and quality of cycle lanes by making sure that the road surfaces are suitable for bikes. Reduce the number of cycle lanes on paths. Maintain and repair sleeping policemen or find more effective ways of reducing speed.

Comment

Representation ID: 24899

Received: 24/10/2017

Respondent: NHS England

Number of people: 2

We would support a design policy that promotes social inclusion, particularly for the
ageing population and provides easy access to local services, without the use of a private vehicle. We would also request that consideration is given to design of access within new developments for blue light services.
We would like to highlight that in order for the NHS to introduce new ways of working and increase capacity in, and access to, primary care it is vital that our infrastructure is serviced by adequate public transport systems and communication infrastructure.

Comment

Representation ID: 24986

Received: 25/10/2017

Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group

A northern relief road is required to accommodate the IGS development and ease current congestion. Road improvements are required to alleviate the existing congestion in the town centre. Deliver IGS SPD infrastructure requirements. Cross-boundary Transport Assessments for the draft Local Plans and test remedial measures identified. No further development if it increases congestion, or worsens air quality, without appropriate remedial measures. Transport assessments for new developments and implement planning conditions about transport infrastructure/travel plans. Improve Westerfield Railway Station and the Ipswich-Felixstowe line. Assess the viability of a further station in the vicinity of Futura Park.

Comment

Representation ID: 25051

Received: 31/10/2017

Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces

Road improvements are required to alleviate the existing congestion in the town centre. Deliver IGS SPD infrastructure requirements. Cross-boundary Transport Assessments for the draft Local Plans and test remedial measures identified. No further development if it increases congestion, or worsens air quality, without appropriate remedial measures. Transport assessments for new developments and implement planning conditions about transport infrastructure/travel plans. Improve Westerfield Railway Station and the Ipswich-Felixstowe line. Assess the viability of a further station in the vicinity of Futura Park.

Comment

Representation ID: 25165

Received: 27/10/2017

Respondent: Suffolk Chamber of Commerce

There is an urgent need for the provision of a taxi rank on the Waterfront, for both business development and public safety reasons, and this is a long overdue promise of the public authorities.

Comment

Representation ID: 25450

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Suffolk County Council

The Upper Orwell Crossings offer enormous benefits for growth and development in Ipswich. Our authorities should work together to consider how the Local Plan might support the realisation of some of the benefits identified within the business case for the bridges. Other than the Upper Orwell Crossings, our authorities should work together to promote sustainable transport infrastructure and measures for increasing the quality of sustainable transport routes and permeability by sustainable modes. For example, there are several locations where new pedestrian and cycle bridges could overcome barriers to movement, such as Bull Road and the Rosehill Centre, or over the River Gipping between Hadleigh Road and Sproughton Road.

Comment

Representation ID: 25508

Received: 30/10/2017

Respondent: Sarah Ellis

Less traffic congestion and better road and rail links. Roads within the town and on the approaching roads eg. A12 and Copdock Interchange are heavily congested at busy times due to roadworks and closure of the Orwell Bridge.