Comment

Representation ID: 18739

Received: 08/02/2007

Respondent: Highways Agency

The HA would expect that local planning authorities will assess the impact on the trunk road network of rural growth options. We would, therefore, like to see emerging policies that would minimise demand at source and require the mitigation of trunk road impacts throughout all stages of development planning, implementation and operation. This is particularly relevant to rural areas, as alternative transport choices tend to be limited, meaning that levels of reliance on the private car can be much higher than in urban centres.