Issue 4
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6707
Received: 05/04/2009
Respondent: Sarah Hodder
As someone who regularly uses the A127 towards Southend and London and the local roads surrounding the smaller local towns and villages how can anyone support the expansion of the airport and the inevitable increase of traffic along this already heavily congested road and local surrounding areas?
As someone who regularly uses the A127 towards Southend and London and the local roads surrounding the smaller local towns and villages how can anyone support the expansion of the airport and the inevitable increase of traffic along this already heavily congested road and local surrounding areas?
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6713
Received: 05/04/2009
Respondent: Charles Wetton
We are uncomfortable with the suggestion that it is possible to expand the capacity of the already-overloaded local road network.
We are uncomfortable with the suggestion that it is possible to expand the capacity of the already-overloaded local road network.
Support
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6792
Received: 06/04/2009
Respondent: Mr Terence Dann
Improvements to road access are necessary to attract VIP business users of the airport,
Improvements to road access are necessary to attract VIP business users of the airport,
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6794
Received: 06/04/2009
Respondent: Mrs Clair Johnston
Airport expansion will increase pressure on our already congested roads. Despite a railway facility, most passengers will prefer the convenience of their cars, when laden with baggage. Expansion will increase the number of HGVs on the roads in and out of the area, adding to the pressure currently suffered by our infrastructure. It is unrealistic to believe that public transport and the building of new roads will reduce traffic and congestion especially on the A13 and A127. The Climate Change Act requires use to reduce CO2 emissions, airport expansion will serve to increase them.
Airport expansion will increase pressure on our already congested roads. Despite a railway facility, most passengers will prefer the convenience of their cars, when laden with baggage. Expansion will increase the number of HGVs on the roads in and out of the area, adding to the pressure currently suffered by our infrastructure. It is unrealistic to believe that public transport and the building of new roads will reduce traffic and congestion especially on the A13 and A127. The Climate Change Act requires use to reduce CO2 emissions, airport expansion will serve to increase them.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6813
Received: 06/04/2009
Respondent: Jeffrey Powley
The A127 is widely understood to be operating well beyond its safe capacity, hence the recent introduction of reduced speed limits and average speed cameras by Essex County Council. Unless the plan provides for widening of the A127 to three lanes in each direction from the proposed airport link and the M25, accidents, pollution and congestion will increase dramatically.
The A127 is widely understood to be operating well beyond its safe capacity, hence the recent introduction of reduced speed limits and average speed cameras by Essex County Council. Unless the plan provides for widening of the A127 to three lanes in each direction from the proposed airport link and the M25, accidents, pollution and congestion will increase dramatically.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6867
Received: 06/04/2009
Respondent: mr peter snell
the new station is a cynical bribe to bully comuters into supporting a dishonest and poorly thought through scheme
the new station is a cynical bribe to bully comuters into supporting a dishonest and poorly thought through scheme
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6910
Received: 06/04/2009
Respondent: P Crawshaw
I strongly object to the runway extension and associated developments. They will blight the lives of many residents in the area due to the increase in noise, pollution and traffic to provide very limited benefits.
I strongly object to the runway extension and associated developments. They will blight the lives of many residents in the area due to the increase in noise, pollution and traffic to provide very limited benefits.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 6912
Received: 06/04/2009
Respondent: P Crawshaw
I strongly object to the runway extension and associated developments. They will blight the lives of many residents in the area due to the increase in noise, pollution and traffic to provide very limited benefits.
I strongly object to the runway extension and associated developments. They will blight the lives of many residents in the area due to the increase in noise, pollution and traffic to provide very limited benefits.
Support
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7080
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: Essex Chambers of Commerce
The Essex Chambers of Commerce considers it essential that improvements are made to the strategic highway network in South East Essex. It must be a major priority to reduce congestion and improve accessibility to enable the overall development proposals to realise their full potential.
The Essex Chambers of Commerce considers it essential that improvements are made to the strategic highway network in South East Essex. It must be a major priority to reduce congestion and improve accessibility to enable the overall development proposals to realise their full potential.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7121
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: Mr A James
If this plan goes ahead I believe road and junction improvements must be made to the B1013 through Hawkwell and Hockley as much of the traffic coming from the north, especially using satnavs, will use this road as a cut through.
If this plan goes ahead I believe road and junction improvements must be made to the B1013 through Hawkwell and Hockley as much of the traffic coming from the north, especially using satnavs, will use this road as a cut through.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7123
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: mr david vaughan
Since Southend is hemmed in on 2 sides by sea it is effectively a dead end.There are 2 roads into and out of the area.The main one to service the airport being the A127.This road is only 2 lanes and is virtually at a standstill in the rush hour periods,morning and evening.The envisaged extra traffic will completely grid lock this road.Trying to rectify this with piecemeal improvements will not in any way alleviate this problem.The A13 comes to a standstill at sadlers farm effectively.The train connections are purely commuter based and are always full now.
Since Southend is hemmed in on 2 sides by sea it is effectively a dead end.There are 2 roads into and out of the area.The main one to service the airport being the A127.This road is only 2 lanes and is virtually at a standstill in the rush hour periods,morning and evening.The envisaged extra traffic will completely grid lock this road.Trying to rectify this with piecemeal improvements will not in any way alleviate this problem.The A13 comes to a standstill at sadlers farm effectively.The train connections are purely commuter based and are always full now.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7125
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: Mr A James
If this plan goes ahead I believe road and junction improvements must be made to the B1013 through Hawkwell and Hockley as much of the traffic coming from the north, especially using satnavs, will use this road as a cut through. If the business park was to be built we would need to be public transport provided to this area that at the moment is completely lacking.
If this plan goes ahead I believe road and junction improvements must be made to the B1013 through Hawkwell and Hockley as much of the traffic coming from the north, especially using satnavs, will use this road as a cut through. If the business park was to be built we would need to be public transport provided to this area that at the moment is completely lacking.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7219
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: West Leigh Junior School
The overhead noise caused by aircraft on approach for landing, take off and circling during the day will destroy the learning and teaching environment which West Leigh Junior School has successfully created over the past 50 years. The night time noise will have a detrimental effect on quality of sleep for our students, therefore affecting their learning potential. The pollution will adversely affect the quality of life for students, not only from the aircraft but from the resulting increase in traffic on the roads.
The overhead noise caused by aircraft on approach for landing, take off and circling during the day will destroy the learning and teaching environment which West Leigh Junior School has successfully created over the past 50 years. The night time noise will have a detrimental effect on quality of sleep for our students, therefore affecting their learning potential. The pollution will adversely affect the quality of life for students, not only from the aircraft but from the resulting increase in traffic on the roads.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7220
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: West Leigh Junior School
The overhead noise caused by aircraft on approach for landing, take off and circling during the day will destroy the learning and teaching environment which West Leigh Junior School has successfully created over the past 50 years. The night time noise will have a detrimental effect on quality of sleep for our students, therefore affecting their learning potential. The pollution will adversely affect the quality of life for students, not only from the aircraft but from the resulting increase in traffic on the roads.
The overhead noise caused by aircraft on approach for landing, take off and circling during the day will destroy the learning and teaching environment which West Leigh Junior School has successfully created over the past 50 years. The night time noise will have a detrimental effect on quality of sleep for our students, therefore affecting their learning potential. The pollution will adversely affect the quality of life for students, not only from the aircraft but from the resulting increase in traffic on the roads.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7236
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: mr graham herve
The overhead noise caused by aircraft on approach for landing, take off and circling during the day will destroy our right to enjoyment of life. The night time noise will have a detrimental effect on quality of sleep for all, therefore affecting our working/learning. The pollution will adversely affect our quality of life, not only from the aircraft but from the resulting increase in traffic on our roads.
The overhead noise caused by aircraft on approach for landing, take off and circling during the day will destroy our right to enjoyment of life. The night time noise will have a detrimental effect on quality of sleep for all, therefore affecting our working/learning. The pollution will adversely affect our quality of life, not only from the aircraft but from the resulting increase in traffic on our roads.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7300
Received: 07/04/2009
Respondent: Kylie Heath
The proposed airport extension would have an adverse effect on the local town. The area is simply too built up with local housing to support the extension. It is too late to try to extend the airport without ruining the quality of life of thousands of people.
The proposed airport extension would have an adverse effect on the local town. The area is simply too built up with local housing to support the extension. It is too late to try to extend the airport without ruining the quality of life of thousands of people.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7437
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: MR DOUGLAS WHITING
The proposed increases in passenger numbers and new jobs will cause a huge increase in the number of cars and heavy goods vehicles on the A127, which is already so congested that potential employers and investors are frightened away from Southend. Improved road links between the airport and the A127 will not be sufficient. We must be GUARANTEED all necessary A127 improvements, sufficient to accommodate all predicted road traffic increases, all the way from Southend to the M25, before any part of the airport expansion, or the employment area expansion, is allowed to proceed. See 'more details' below.
Common sense informs us that the majority of the planned 2 million passengers per annum and 7380 additional employment area workers will arrive and depart by car, no matter what public transport, walking, cycling and SERT proposals there may be. Taking also into account the additional number of HGV movements which the JAAP proposals would create it is foolish and fanciful for the two councils to suggest that the JAAP proposals should be acceptable to the people of Southend and Rochford unless and until there are detailed road improvement schemes in place, not just between the airport and the A127, but between the airport and the M25.
Employment growth in south east Essex has suffered for many years at the hands of the ridiculously poor road access into the area (recently worsened by the imposition of a 50mph speed limit on the A127 for several miles west of Southend) and the suggestion that employers will bring 7380 new jobs to the proposed employment areas without a radical improvement to the road access to Southend and Rochford is a blind denial of the area's recent history.
In principle I could support the airport and its environs being used as a generator of employment in Southend and Rochford (albeit that this would carry a significant cost to Southend in terms of aircraft noise) but the two councils' expectations of what the Preferred Options in the JAPP will achieve will remain in cloud cuckoo land until there are significant improvements to Sothend and Rochford's road connections to the national road network. I therefore object to all proposals in the JAAP, and will continue to do so until adequate improvements to the A127, between the JAAP area and the M25, form an integral part of the proposals.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7450
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: Ms Colette Meury
Everything comes at a price, I am not prepared to trade in the haven of escape from noise and air pollution away from grid lock traffic and transport mayhem that comes with a busy day-to-day running of a commercial airport. I specifically moved away from London City Airport to escape the constant noise of aeroplanes taking off and landing. Let Southend/Rochford be, we would not be able to cope with the increase of traffic and transport problems anyway, let alone the noise/air pollution.
Everything comes at a price, I am not prepared to trade in the haven of escape from noise and air pollution away from grid lock traffic and transport mayhem that comes with a busy day-to-day running of a commercial airport. I specifically moved away from London City Airport to escape the constant noise of aeroplanes taking off and landing. Let Southend/Rochford be, we would not be able to cope with the increase of traffic and transport problems anyway, let alone the noise/air pollution.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7451
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: Barratt Eastern Counties
Agent: Kember Loudon Williams Ltd
It is not considered that a surface access strategy can adequately overcome the inherent sustainability issues noted by Barratts Eastern Counties in these representations. The distance and separation of some of Rochford's "top tier" settlements to the Airport is of concern. It is highly feasible that sustainable transport initiatives can be adopted to secure an access strategy between the Airport and Southend. However Rochford District, which is rural in character, will find it difficult to deliver a sustainable transport strategy. As a consequence employment growth should be removed from the Airport and redistributed to Rochford, Hawkwell and Rayleigh.
It is not considered that a surface access strategy can adequately overcome the inherent sustainability issues noted by Barratts Eastern Counties in these representations. In particular the distance and separation of some of Rochford's "top tier" settlements to the Airport is of concern. Given the proximity of Southend to the Airport, it is highly feasible that sustainable transport initiatives can be adopted to secure an access strategy. However Rochford District, which is rural in character, will find it difficult to deliver a sustainable transport strategy. As a consequence it is essential that some employment growth should be removed from the Airport and redistributed to the three "top tier" settlements of Rochford, Hawkwell and Rayleigh.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7463
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: Mr John Cashman
Noise, pollution, traffic chaos, transport issues, threat to the environment - moved away from London City Airport for these exact reasons, moved to Southend for a better quality of life. I strongly object to the expansion of the airport of any level.
Noise, pollution, traffic chaos, transport issues, threat to the environment - moved away from London City Airport for these exact reasons, moved to Southend for a better quality of life. I strongly object to the expansion of the airport of any level.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7512
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: simon haque
How do you counter-balance a desire to reduce car traffic with one to increase air traffic? It makes no sense.
How do you counter-balance a desire to reduce car traffic with one to increase air traffic? It makes no sense.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7530
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: Mrs Margery Jones
The roads are already congested and any increase of traffic to the airport will make congestion worse and increase pollution
The roads are already congested and any increase of traffic to the airport will make congestion worse and increase pollution
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7560
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: Mrs Tracy Packer
Increasing the volumes of traffic on the A127 goes against what Essex Police are trying to do in bringing down the accident rate by installing average speed cameras. More traffic is just going to mean more accidents.
Increasing the volumes of traffic on the A127 goes against what Essex Police are trying to do in bringing down the accident rate by installing average speed cameras. More traffic is just going to mean more accidents.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7588
Received: 14/05/2009
Respondent: Mr Roy Fitchew
The implication is that an appropriate transport strategy is only essential if we have an expansion of the airport. It is absolutely essential here and now with or without the airport. If we had one we wouldn't need an airport to attract employers into the area.
The implication is that an appropriate transport strategy is only essential if we have an expansion of the airport. It is absolutely essential here and now with or without the airport. If we had one we wouldn't need an airport to attract employers into the area.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7619
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: Mr Matthew Frain
Why is there no mention of the A13 and the (heavily congested) M25 in this consultation? Do you truly believe that all traffic increase will flow along a (proposed) improved A127? All the towns between the A13/A130 and Southend Airport will see a marked increase in noise and fuel pollution from rising traffic levels.
Why is there no mention of the A13 and the (heavily congested) M25 in this consultation? Do you truly believe that all traffic increase will flow along a (proposed) improved A127? All the towns between the A13/A130 and Southend Airport will see a marked increase in noise and fuel pollution from rising traffic levels.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7639
Received: 08/04/2009
Respondent: miss KATE PRICE
All local residents will endorse that the current road system into southend is inadequate today for the local traffic ..both the A13 and A127 are overloaded at peak times . Significant work to is needed BEFORE any additional burden is put on this infrastructure . Encouraging rail links is positive but unless railfares are significantly reduced people will always choose to drive to such airports
All local residents will endorse that the current road system into southend is inadequate today for the local traffic ..both the A13 and A127 are overloaded at peak times . Significant work to is needed BEFORE any additional burden is put on this infrastructure . Encouraging rail links is positive but unless railfares are significantly reduced people will always choose to drive to such airports
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7649
Received: 09/04/2009
Respondent: Mr Michael Powell
Simply joining up to the A127 at Tesco's roundabout in no way solves the already gridlocked road system. Southend Airport is not at all strategically placed with no routes available to the north or south until the M25, by which time Stansted is quicker to access. Schemes to encourage cycling and walking to reduce the pollution and congestion cannot compensate for 2 million extra people converging mostly by road on the area. The 1966 refusal to allow a runway extension was right and should be upheld.
Simply joining up to the A127 at Tesco's roundabout in no way solves the already gridlocked road system. Southend Airport is not at all strategically placed with no routes available to the north or south until the M25, by which time Stansted is quicker to access. Schemes to encourage cycling and walking to reduce the pollution and congestion cannot compensate for 2 million extra people converging mostly by road on the area. The 1966 refusal to allow a runway extension was right and should be upheld.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 7788
Received: 09/04/2009
Respondent: Mrs Pat Williams
Improvements to the A127 etc. need to be put in place before the airport is extended. This has been talked about for years and still nothing has been done.
Improvements to the A127 etc. need to be put in place before the airport is extended. This has been talked about for years and still nothing has been done.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 8031
Received: 11/04/2009
Respondent: Mr Geoff Dixon
I do not wish to see further traffic management in Southend, particularly to support the needs of air passengers passing through.
I am opposed to the expansion of passenger numbers, numbers of flights and the extension of the runway.
I do not wish to see further traffic management in Southend, particularly to support the needs of air passengers passing through.
I am opposed to the expansion of passenger numbers, numbers of flights and the extension of the runway.
Object
London Southend Airport and Environs Joint Area Action Plan Preferred Options
Representation ID: 8148
Received: 14/04/2009
Respondent: mr peter allwright
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