Object
Core Strategy Submission Document
Representation ID: 16075
Received: 30/10/2009
Respondent: Mr Alan Stone
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
RDC and ECC Highways should be instructed to provide details of a structured and achievable plan to overcome the fact that "A considerable impact on the highway network is inevitable". Highways infrastructure, and in particular the East-West road network, should be in place before any further building is allowed.
I quote from this section. "A considerable impact on the highway network is inevitable". So if this is the case, are RDC failing to address the problem by merely stating "we will work with developers and the Highway Authority to ensure that the requisite improvements are carried out"?
Pro-active plans are essential and RDC are failing drastically in this, as they cannot envisage a solution. What is meant by their stated objective "To deliver online improvements on the east to west road networks in partnership with the Highways Authority, Essex County Council ?
To me this is an unsound and meaningless statement. Rochford District residents have continually raised the question of how the east to west road networks can be improved and we are always told that they cannot due to the nature and topography of the area.
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