Preferred Approach 30: Strategic Road and Rail Schemes
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 6
Received: 29/05/2008
Regard all these schemes as top priority
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 101
Received: 07/07/2008
We object to the Bexhill Hastings Link Road and would prefer to see greater emphasis on sustainable transport and measures to reduce traffic.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 180
Received: 08/07/2008
HARBA are supportive of the plans for the Link Road in that it includes provision for off road horse riding & cycling. Further attention could be paid to linking these routes with other off road facilities or "green routes"
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 199
Received: 28/05/2008
There are several issues which have relevance to Battle. Firstly, the Bexhill/Hastings Link Road and particularly the Baldslow link which has the potential to remove a significant number of heavy goods vehicle which currently travel through Battle town centre rather than using the A21 and having to neogiate the difficult junction at Baldslow. We therefore fully support these proposals and their early implementation.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 203
Received: 15/07/2008
The Marina railway station is not in the LDF. This was suggested for redevelopment in the past.
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 245
Received: 23/07/2008
What about light-rail? Where are the sustainable transport options?
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 255
Received: 23/07/2008
Clearly your emphasis is on road improvements. Presumably one reason for this is the reluctance of rail companies and government to be more proactive in improving rail infrastructure. We know what the issues are, we need to get real, you and other local authorities should be lobbying for rail improvements to government officials. You carry more weight than pressure groups like FOE. With oil prices rising dramatically, shouldn't electricfication of the Ashford line now be a top priority?
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 289
Received: 23/07/2008
(18.1) disagree - by supporting road travel it is detrimental to the low impact of rail travel on the environment.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 358
Received: 24/07/2008
no comment
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 391
Received: 30/06/2008
When will Ashford line become electric?
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 434
Received: 24/07/2008
Put pressure / lobby for existing rail and road to be better maintained and used
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 475
Received: 23/06/2008
No comment
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 545
Received: 25/07/2008
In accordance with Policy CC5 in the draft SE Plan, the phasing of economic development in conjunction with the anticipated delivery of the Bexhill hastings link road has been considered.The assembly commends this approach and would recommend that any revisions to the timetable for the delivery of the link road and A21 improvements are considered when bringing sites forward for development.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 550
Received: 25/07/2008
The assembly supports the identified strategic road and rail schemes that will meet the demands of future growth in Hastings. The assembly wishes to continue the dialogue established between Hastings BC and the Local Transport Authority to ensure their timely provision.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1076
Received: 07/07/2008
Number of people: 2
Vitally important the Baldlow Link is completed about same time as Bexhill and Hastings Link Road. If not i believe this is likely to have life threatening consequences in that Ambulance Traffic along the Ridge to & from Conquest would inevitably suffer delays on what is already without the link road a bottleneck in the traffic network. Ask council to include in LDF their support for the Northern route of the Baldslow Link and Extension of the development boundry to the North of The Ridge West to include land up to the proposed Northern route of the Baldslow link road to be allocated for residential development.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1123
Received: 08/07/2008
A) Support
B) Note that the Link Road timetable has slipped beyond 2011, but that clear policy endorsement of early construction be highlighted (as it is in the text of the document).
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1332
Received: 14/07/2008
We strongly oppose the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road. This scheme has been very poorly designed and appraised by ESCC. All government Statutory Environmental Bodies (SEBS) have raised severe doubts about this scheme and its negative environmental impact. Two - Natural England and Environment Agency - have objected. The costs have more than doubled and equate to over £710 for every person in Hastings and Bexhill (Sustran, 2007). Developer funding is far from guaranteed. There are 27 mentions of BHLR in the document, and one mention of the greenway. The greenway is a concept signed up to by HBC that would deliver high quality pedestrian and cycle routes and, although these are useful 'conceptually' featured on pg 133, there is no explicit mention of their sequential delivery and the concept doesn't sufficiently permeate the document.
The pre-amble concentrates on big roads schemes first, then rail schemes.
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1336
Received: 14/07/2008
It looks likely that for just 10% of current estimated costs of the BHLR, we could have a station at Glyne Gap, the Bexhill to Hastings Cycleway, the inter college link foot/cycle way and real time bus information systems for the town. It is a legitimate question to ask: 'What else could we get for the money?'
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1338
Received: 14/07/2008
The BHLR is likely to go to a 'Public Inquiry'. We think it would be wise to have a 'without BHLR strategy' for the following reasons:
The BHLR was a 'departure' from County, District and Borough plans. It has to be re-advertised with further consultation and analysis. Two conditions for ministerial approval have been breached regarding: costs increases (more than doubled); and successful collaboration with the Statutory Environmental Bodies (it wasn't successful). The third condition - securing developer contributions - must be in doubt in the light of current conditions of the housing market. Since the road was conceived, the price of oil has gone up by a factor of almost 4, and concerns over climate change gas emissions are greater than ever (6,000 tonnes of additional Co2 with the BHLR per annum).
We believe that the BHLR should be shelved, and a 'without link road' development model should be examined and that it is dangerously misleading to present BHLR as a likely outcome of current local transport strategy.
Alternatives to BHLR have never been properly appraised.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1342
Received: 08/07/2008
Bourne Leisure supports proposals to reduce the town's relative peripherality, as identified in the preferred approach-strategic road & rail schemes paragraphs 18.4 & 18.5
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1359
Received: 08/07/2008
Support the provision of strategic road & rail infrastructure, improving links between Hastings & Rother.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1437
Received: 08/07/2008
We are unable to comment further at this time on the proposed Bexhill to Hastings link road as Natural England has recently raised an objection to the proposal.
Support
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1484
Received: 08/07/2008
Support for the strategic transport schemes in the draft SE Plan is welcome.
Comment
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1485
Received: 08/07/2008
The strategic importance of the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road (BHLR) is evident throughout the document, but its implementation is not yet secure & no alternative or contingent strategy is offered should the BHLR fail to materialise. This may be regarded as questionning the soundness of the Plan when submitted. Furthermore, the documents estimated completion date of the BHLR of autumn 2011 is now looking slightly optimistic. The document (para 18.5) also needs to reflect the role of the BHLR in opening up strategic housing & employment sites in North Bexhil.
Object
Core Strategy Preferred Approaches
Representation ID: 1602
Received: 07/07/2008
The Bexhill Relief Road is a key part of the spatial strategy & you will need to demonstrate at submission either certainty (how, when & by whom), or what contingency is in place should the road not be delivered. The Preferred Options document identifies some concerns over delivery of the road but it is not clear about the impact of this on delivering development in Hastings & what flexibility there is should the road not be delivered.