Object
Strategic Growth Options
Representation ID: 3994
Received: 11/02/2015
Respondent: Dr Philip Gibbs
I do but the area that best fits this approach is the industrial are off Walsh Road. This area is well served by the forthcoming crossrail link to Shenfield and has an easy connection to a large junction on the A12 which avoids traffic through residential areas, yet this area is marked only as a possibility for a park and ride scheme. It should have been considered as the best area for new industrial development.
I do but the area that best fits this approach is the industrial are off Walsh Road. This area is well served by the forthcoming crossrail link to Shenfield and has an easy connection to a large junction on the A12 which avoids traffic through residential areas, yet this area is marked only as a possibility for a park and ride scheme. It should have been considered as the best area for new industrial development.
By contrast the A127 corridor already has large industrial areas around Basildon. Those in West Horndon and Childerditch are already underused. This is largely due to poor access to the A127 which is also over-congested. These are not good locations for expansion of industrial land use until the infrastructure has been improved in the A127 corridor.