Comment

Draft Black Country Plan

Representation ID: 16368

Received: 25/11/2021

Respondent: Mr Malcolm Phillips

Representation Summary:

If you view the areas of building in streetly in mornings and evenings the traffic is already dense at those times. Therefore proposing to build 960 houses on the corner of Queslett Road and Aldridge Road will only increase the problem (assume 960 homes at least 960 possibly 1920 extra journeys per day). View the Aldridge Road, Chester Road at say 7.30 to 9.00 and you will find a continuous line of cars etc from the Quesletts island to "Former Johns" and you can accept another 960/1920 cars to be queueing on the roads. Chester Road has vehicles moving slowly from Little Aston Road all the way into Birmingham and surrounding areas.

Central Government is trying to reduce pollution but public transport cannot provide enough transport for members of the public to use instead of their own cars.

Years ago 60/70s the bus services were more frequent, if you missed a bus going into Birmingham in another 10 minutes there would be another travelling your way. Members of the public are not prepared to wait 20 to 30 minutes for a bus, if they have just missed one. The public transport also needs to adhere to the 'timetable'.