Suffolk CC Consultation: Nacton Road and Ransomes Way corridor study

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28 February, 2014 - 00:19
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smsm1
Suffolk CC Consultation: Nacton Road and Ransomes Way corridor study

Here’s another consultation that Suffolk County Council are running, this time not part of the Travel Ipswich scheme. The money has come from a combination of Section 106, and developer money for the local retail park which has recently opened. Apparently the infrastrucutre for cycling was implemented first a few years ago (well, the legalised pavement cycling plus a toucan), and now the council are implementing the changes due to the increase in motor traffic, which is affecting the bus routes to the point that the bus company is removing buses from there.

It's worth noting that just to the south of  Nacton Road is the Ravenswood Estate, which is relatively new, has some fairly good cycle infrastructure (by British standards), and high cycle to school rates.

http://www.cyclescape.org/threads/1281  has all the details. Closing date is Wednesday 5th March 2014.

I've started drafting a response, so if anyone has any additional comments, please let me know of anything else I should include.

Submitted by smsm1 on 28 February, 2014 - 00:19
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28 February, 2014 - 00:46
Joe Costello

Is this really it? > information here (PDF)

Gosh, the whole thing is really awful, isn't it?

Submitted by Joe Costello on 28 February, 2014 - 00:46
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28 February, 2014 - 08:42
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smsm1

Yup, that's the one. The local council are looking for more support for the things that they are doing, which makes me feel awful tearing it apart. Then again, put in many of the suggestions I'm putting in and they'll get even more complaints from the local paper and majority of the town who drive. Oh and if kerb re-alignment was done, then the costs would jump, as this has been kept to a minimum in this scheme to keep costs down.

Submitted by smsm1 on 28 February, 2014 - 08:42
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3 March, 2014 - 01:02
smsm1
I've put up a blog post asking people to write in their own responses: http://cycleipswich.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/tell-suffolk-county-council... and on my own blog copied the response that I sent to the county: http://blog.shaunmcdonald.me.uk/2014/03/suffolk-county-councils-nacton-r... write in yourself, the more people who write in the more likely change will happen.
Submitted by smsm1 on 3 March, 2014 - 01:02
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