Object
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 3984
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: Dr Philip Gibbs
These sections give a false and impression of the potential for development in the A127 corridor versus the A12 corridor.
In the section on the A12 it should be mentioned that the A12 is a better quality road than the A127 corridor and that improvements from Crossrail will increase rail capacity. This makes the area suitable for development
The A127 is described in 2.18 as a "Fenland landscape". The term Fenland refers uniquely to an area in Cambridge which is very different from the A127 corridor. This term is being used to make it sound like the area has less utility when in fact it is very similar to the green belt land in the A12 corridor.
In 2.19 It says that the A127 has more scope for improvement. This is a biased interpretation of the situation. It should say that the A127 is more congested and less well constructed than the A12. It would require huge sums of money to improve it that are not likely to be available in the timescale of the present plan.
It should also be mentioned that the C2C line is also over-congested with no plans to improve its capacity in a way that has been done for lines through Brentwood and Shenfield.