Object
Preferred Site Allocations 2018
Representation ID: 22161
Received: 22/06/2018
Respondent: Mr Andrew Fletcher
Travellers race almost every Sunday along the A127. Meeting at halfway house and block the A127 with vehicles allowing the race to take place. I have witnesses this on a Sunday morning and 50-100 travellers have turned up to race. I am a Special Constable for the Essex police and I have seen numerous calls from the public complaining about this situation. Placing travellers in a location right next to the A127 will make this situation worse.
I am objecting to the idea of allocating traveller sites in the above stated locations. My objection is based upon the fact that travellers race almost every Sunday along the A127. They meet at the halfway house and then block the A127 with vehicles allowing the race to take place. I am aware of this as I have been caught out by visiting the starbucks on a Sunday morning at the halfway house and 50-100 travellers have turned up to race. I am also aware of this issue as I am a Special Constable for the Essex police and I have seen numerous calls from the public complaining about this situation.
I cannot see that placing travellers in a location right next to the A127 will do anything other than make this situation worse.
The corridor of the A127 from the M25 junction to Southend is already a heavily congested stretch of road and the congestion has already increased due to the completion of the Bellway houses built at the Dunton site.
To keep adding houses to an area, which is over populated, heavily congested with vehicles and already faces public order issues with travellers is frankly madness.