Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15853
Received: 11/05/2016
Respondent: National Highways
Strategic Housing Developments
Dunton Hills Garden Village
Plots are shown of flows from four development options in Appendices C and D of the PBA report. It is stated that these are exclusive of the baseline traffic flows. However, the plots appear to show more traffic on the M25 than that coming from the developments. The mechanism for excluding this traffic is not known. Hence, there is some doubt that the plots are entirely accurate.
AECOM therefore consider that the assessment of the impact of Option 1 on the M25 junctions could be considered broadly robust. However, if a higher proportion of trips travelling to destinations east on the A12 travelled through the town centre and accessed the A12 at Junction 12, there could be a greater number of turning movements at that junction than is predicted by PBA.
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