Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24185
Received: 07/12/2018
Respondent: Lisa Partridge
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
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I understand, that it has been asked of Highways England:
1- To relax the 'Set Back Distance' from a normal 4.5M down to 2.4m. Making it 44%
shorter distance.
This would cause large vehicles to actually have to pull out onto Barnhorn Rd, before they could actually have a visual of the traffic. Which of course, is lunacy, to have to pull onto a busy Trunk/A Road before knowing if it was safe to do so. Larger vehicles would not be able to see pedestrians and cyclists on the pavement before pulling out.
2 - Relax the 'Corner Radius' from a normal 10.5M down to 6M, again 44% reductions on the width of the opening of the road.
This would affect the safe manoeuvring of vehicles entering & exiting the development, with large vehicles regularly stopping traffic in both directions to enter the site.
This has concerned me greatly, as Barnhorn Rd (A259) is a Trunk Road. I would imagine therefore, that the Highway Agency within its realms of duty to the safety of the SRN and public, should decline this request, and if not, should be called into question.
ii -
I understand, that it has been asked of Highways England:
1- To relax the 'Set Back Distance' from a normal 4.5M down to 2.4m. Making it 44%
shorter distance.
This would cause large vehicles to actually have to pull out onto Barnhorn Rd, before they could actually have a visual of the traffic. Which of course, is lunacy, to have to pull onto a busy Trunk/A Road before knowing if it was safe to do so. Larger vehicles would not be able to see pedestrians and cyclists on the pavement before pulling out.
2 - Relax the 'Corner Radius' from a normal 10.5M down to 6M, again 44% reductions on the width of the opening of the road.
This would affect the safe manoeuvring of vehicles entering & exiting the development, with large vehicles regularly stopping traffic in both directions to enter the site.
This has concerned me greatly, as Barnhorn Rd (A259) is a Trunk Road. I would imagine therefore, that the Highway Agency within its realms of duty to the safety of the SRN and public, should decline this request, and if not, should be called into question.