Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review

Object

Representation ID: 5179

Received: 04/03/2015

Respondent: Parliament

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

There is no support here for the following key infrastructure policies which will profoundly affect Ipswich:

- upgrade of the GEML
- upgrade of the A12
- upgrade of the A14

Object

Representation ID: 5180

Received: 04/03/2015

Respondent: Parliament

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Highway capacity in the town centre is a function of town centre growth and local traffic flows and is only affected by the Orwell Bridge or A14 when either is closed. This statement is misleading, therefore.

Object

Representation ID: 5181

Received: 04/03/2015

Respondent: Parliament

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

First stage Local Growth Plan funding has now been secured to study the feasibility of the Wet Dock Crossing.

Object

Representation ID: 5182

Received: 04/03/2015

Respondent: Parliament

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

This paragraph is factually inaccurate on a number of levels:
- A Wet Dock Crossing is not an alternative to a northern bypass, which addresses different traffic pressures.
- A northern bypass is principally needed to relieve local traffic congestion in north Ipswich resulting from planned housing development, not from very very disruptive but occasional closures of the Orwell Bridge.
- Modest proposals for a northern bypass could be accommodated partially or entirely within the Borough boundary.

Object

Representation ID: 5189

Received: 05/03/2015

Respondent: Parliament

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Although the needs of an ageing population are identified in this section, there are no specific policies about the provision of sheltered or very sheltered accommodation close the the town centre to enable continued living for older people and people with restricted mobility all without access to cars.