Object

Representation ID: 13809

Received: 20/03/2021

Respondent: John Finnigan

- If the SEBLR is required as “a strategic highway link between the M62 and Leeds-Bradford airport no part of that strategy appears in the BDLP.
- If the road is intended to be an arterial link to the airport, none of the consequences of introducing such a road into the Tong Valley are addressed either in the BDLP/site assessments/Sustainability Appraisals. The consequences: air pollution, noise pollution, loss of amenity and damage to habitat consequent upon the introduction of new/heavier traffic usage.
-If the SEBAR is intended as a means of opening up and providing viability for the SUE, then the council’s funding justification is damaged. The overdue improvements to the A650 would provide adequate access without need for another road.
-It is a serious strategic omission that BDLP does not address the consequences of the SEBAR failing to be established as a viable proposal or not being approved for funding.