The Labour Government’s top down approach to planning risks serious traffic problems in Whittlesey. A plan has just been submitted for 460 homes on Feldale fields as you come into Whittlesey from Eastrea. We need significant improvements to the transport infastruture of Whittlesey before another major housing development is considered.
This proposed scheme would mean up to a thousand extra cars, most of which will travel into Peterborough along the A605. This road is already congested at peak times. Some cars will also travel onto Drybread Road and past the Alderman Jacobs school. Few trains stop at Whittlesea station with most passing straight through, and Network Rail has no plans to extend the platform and encourage more trains to stop locally.
Whittlesey also has issues with flooding, and such a major development will put further pressure even without the potentially added risks we hear about from climate scientists.
Cllr Martin Curtis is leading the fight against this development, and has set up a facebook site to gather local views. If you agree that this planning development would be bad news for Whittlesey, please add your support at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=384643594767
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