1.9 notes "...road infrastructure is poor...roads are often narrow and twisting". Rochford is agricultural rather than urban, served by 2 market towns at Rayleigh and Rochford. Other centres, eg Hawkwell, Hockley, Ashingdon, Canewdon etc were and are villages. B1013 and all subsidiary roads are country lanes that have been tarmacked over which explains twisting character. This would preclude dense development that would need motorways.

An attempt was made to overcome this in 1967-9 in Southend Road, Hockley by compulsory purchase of frontages both sides on the hill to widen and improve visibility of the road. The only result was boundary arguments, traffic speeded up, many accidents absent before. Not a useful precedent. Rochford Council has again refused to countenance a bypass through green belt, so there is nowhere motorways can go.