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Representation ID: 14999

Received: 21/03/2021

Respondent: Martin Wardle

I object to the proposed new housing developments.
The new developments will increase traffic in the village. You wouldn’t think this village had a by-pass. The amount of traffic travelling from Bolton Abbey through to Silsden is far too high not to mention the speed of the traffic.
I have complained to Bradford council highways including local MP, Robbie Moore about the speed of traffic through this village. Addingham is a Mecca for cyclists thanks to the success of the visit of the Tour de France and regular Tour of Yorkshire visits. Heavy fast traffic and cyclists don’t mix.
There will be a fatality in Addingham due to the traffic and these developments will only increase the risk of this happening.
Why is there money to build houses but not to save lives. Commercialism before safety breaks every health and safety rule in the book and is morally wrong.