"The Council will work with Essex County Council Highways Authority to ensure that highway improvements are implemented to address issues of congestion".
In this section Ashingdon Road, Rectory Road, Spa Road and Main Road are highlighted as having congestion issues.
During the Local Development Framework consultations, residents were invited to submit suggestions to be considered for the Core Strategy Document and I replied with a proposal which would reduce congestion in these areas. My suggestion also included links to Hall Road and the B1013 east to west road network, which also have congested sections.
The proposal was to extend Cherry Orchard Way (adjacent London Southend Airport) northward some 2.5 miles to north Ashingdon linking to points in Hall Road, Rectory Road and Ashingdon Road. By doing this, better access to the A127 would be provided and traffic flows through Ashingdon, Rochford,, Hawkwell and Hockley could all be drastically reduced. I even submitted drawings of the proposal to assist explanation.
Unfortunately the response from RDC was very disappointing, their only comment being that it could not be justified as it included passing over a railway line.
I feel that RDC's statement to "address issues of congestion" is unsound because it does not portray the major improvements needed to solve the congestion problems in the whole of the district.
I wish to participate at the oral part of the examination and present my suggestion.