Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15782
Received: 11/05/2016
Respondent: National Highways
We consider that the trip generation and distribution assumed by PBA is broadly reasonable. Some concerns have been raised regarding the assignment of trips across the network, primarily the decision to assign all trips between two zones to the same route, whereas in reality we consider that a number of different routes may be used, particularly if routes become congested and users change to an alternative route to avoid the congestion. However, we consider that the current methodology could result in a robust impact on the Strategic Road Network and therefore may be reasonable to take forward. If, however, the local highway authority plans to deter drivers from making use of certain routes or congestion hotspots cause a significant change in route choice, the total development trips on the strategic road network could alter from that presented within the Highway Modelling Report. The assessment undertaken suggests very high impacts to the Strategic Road Network.
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