Yes I don't know why these 'generic' destinations suddenly appear surely Whitchurch A53 (A49) and Telford (A5)(M54) as on the other signs would be fine.SouthWest Philip wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 19:15
The inconsistent use of 'All through routes' and 'All other routes' is not helpful.
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Well that's a shame. On the video it (optimistically) seemed to me that the double line was more separated than usual.
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The opposition from the green activists is hotting up. With the aid of local 'Tree Hunter' Rob McBride they have named an old oak tree on the route Darwin's Oak and are using it as the focus of opposition.
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/loc ... lief-road/
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We have even had BBC Midlands Today out filming.
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We have even had BBC Midlands Today out filming.
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Whereas vehicles sat spewing out fumes due to congestion is a good thing?tomuk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 00:32 https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/loc ... lief-road/
"flies in the face of the changes necessary for the council to honour their obligations regarding reducing carbon emissions"
My only concern about this project is that it is inevitably a basis for further development, rather than an uninterrupted bypass. If nothing else, it needs to form an outer boundary for Shrewsbury.
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And that's your problem right there - it is a basis for further development, that will be entirely motorised vehicle dependent; if not luxury houses it'll be box shed commercial or distribution units, and they will all invariably be on the 'rural' side of the bypass meaning the town expands beyond it.Micro The Maniac wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 07:17Whereas vehicles sat spewing out fumes due to congestion is a good thing?tomuk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 00:32 https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/loc ... lief-road/
"flies in the face of the changes necessary for the council to honour their obligations regarding reducing carbon emissions"
My only concern about this project is that it is inevitably a basis for further development, rather than an uninterrupted bypass. If nothing else, it needs to form an outer boundary for Shrewsbury.
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When one looks at the OS map of Shrewsbury it is quite incredible that the whole of the North West quarter of the land around the town is completely undeveloped, so it is very understandable why there is opposition to it. As we all know, roads are no longer "bypasses", they are "link roads" and rely on development to pay for them. Typical of this is the new Congleton Link Road, (now open), which quite openly admits in its business case that it will open up land for development.
It would certainly be a great shame if the land as I outlined above was covered over with houses and sheds.
There is a way around t he north-west side, involving minor roads, and take it from me, during the week these are extemely busy mostly with vans driven by what seem to be complete lunatics.
When I go around rural England and see all the housing development that is underway in rural villages, I often say to my wife "more mushrooms ! Where on earth do they go to work every day ?" The amount of housing development currently underway all over England is quite staggering. Will it end like Ireland, where before the bubble burst, there was a house being built for every family in Ireland.
It would certainly be a great shame if the land as I outlined above was covered over with houses and sheds.
There is a way around t he north-west side, involving minor roads, and take it from me, during the week these are extemely busy mostly with vans driven by what seem to be complete lunatics.
When I go around rural England and see all the housing development that is underway in rural villages, I often say to my wife "more mushrooms ! Where on earth do they go to work every day ?" The amount of housing development currently underway all over England is quite staggering. Will it end like Ireland, where before the bubble burst, there was a house being built for every family in Ireland.
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And each planning application is considered on its own, on its own merits, without consideration of any other planning application.
I have four proposed developments nearby... all with single access onto a B road. I objected to all four, citing highways and congestions. Each one received a response stating that there is adequate capacity for X additional vehicles (namely the amount expected for that single development). That in itself is debatable, but the sum of the four will clearly overwhelm the access roads.
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That would explain why some adjacent schemes each have their own accesses close by, instead of a single junction. I think it was a 2012 Housing Act (or similar) that changed all this in favour of developers. They are wreaking havoc across the UK, ruining even old roads that were built as bypasses, as well as the distributor roads that are just bypasses renamed. Acres of fields being covered on the edges of many towns, like Aylesbury, Bridgwater, Taunton, Exeter and many others.
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Transport secretary, Mark Harper, has announced on BBC 'Midlands Today' that the government will fund 100% of the project costs so it seems more likely that this scheme will go ahead.
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Is this in a marginal constituency by any chance?
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Not in terms of numbers, but the local MP is about as popular as leprosy so...
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Yeah, the atrocious Daniel Kawczynski. Tallest MP in parliament currently, but other than that is distinguished by dodgy expense claims and links to some unsavoury Polish groups.
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Lets not forget that nearby North Shropshire went to the Lib Dems in a by-election in 2021
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Finally goes to the planning committee on 31st and recommended for approval. Construction could start early next year.
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Council planning committee has approved the planning application for the road.
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jackal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:32 General arrangement: https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/media/894 ... gement.pdf
That plan only shows the road north of B4380 Holyhead Road the approved scheme includes the previously separate Oxon Link Road that links Holyhead Road with the A5\A458 Bypass at Churncote.