I will be writing separately as Joint Secretary of the Maple Walk (South) Road Maintenance Scheme. Here I simply re-emphasise the unacceptable impact of the proposed development of BX116 on the residents responsible for the upkeep of the unadopted roads in the vicinity.

The plans for BX116 seem to have been progressed without any regard whatsoever for local residents. The additional traffic (and the damage to the unadopted roads it will cause both during the construction phase and thereafter) represents a totally unacceptable burden. Moreover, there is no pavement on Maple Walk, and additional traffic also represents a risk to pedestrian safety.

Were some development to proceed, then given the impact upon the unadopted roads both the vehicle and pedestrian entrances should be onto Barnhorn Road, and there should be no entry into or out of Spindlewood Drive. Barnhorn Road is a trunk road and, although badly congested at peak times since the opening of the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road, it is maintained at public expense to take a much higher traffic flow. (Closing the link between BX116 and Spindlewood Drive would be necessary to prevent its use as a rat-run to and from the A259 to avoid the Little Common roundabout.)