Comment

Representation ID: 11355

Received: 30/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Maria Cassidy

The road network through and around Kingswinford is already immensely overburdened and struggles to cope with the existing volume of traffic. To add to the problem with a potential additional 800 plus homes for residents within the Dudley Borough will only exacerbate the problems currently experienced. It is already accepted that Wordsley High Street is one of the most polluted roads within the Black Country and with absolutely no scope to alleviate the pressure, this pollution will only spread further along the main route between Kingswinford and Stourbridge, including onto surrounding roads.

To travel anywhere from Kingswinford involves high volume traffic and regular queuing traffic.

If the thought process of Dudley Council is that these two sites will potentially attract buyers of property from further afield that could access the sites by using the A449 (again another densely used road), this indicates that the properties are not being targeted at people requiring property within the Dudley Borough.