Comment

Representation ID: 10569

Received: 19/03/2021

Respondent: Chris Jelley

Ilkley experiences severe traffic congestion, within the town and on the A65.
The A65 blocks all the way back to the Burley bypass and beyond, and coming into Ilkley from the west can also be very slow indeed.
Proposed developments could add upwards of 500 more cars into our queues at rush hours as well as causing more pressure on scarce parking spaces, particularly for commuters.

There have been many new houses built in Menston and in Burley, which have already contributed to the problems of traffic queues on the A65 and the IL1/H and IL3/H planned housing developments on the west side of Ilkley would condemn us all to gridlock.

Building houses without providing road schemes, parking and other amenities is not building communities just frustration for both existing residents and future ones. At the very least, a new bridge by the Ben Rhydding Railway Station would be needed