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Representation ID: 16724

Received: 24/03/2021

Respondent: Shipley Town Council

We welcome recognition of the need to include environmental considerations in all transport plans. However, the aims in this policy should be overarching requirements in all policies rather than being considered solely as a separate policy.

We are concerned that the aims of this policy contradict a number of the other transport policies. e.g. in relation to TR1, the Shipley-Bradford road improvement scheme (TR1: E) will encourage more traffic, and will worsen already existing environmental problems such as carbon emissions, air and noise pollution.

Modelling needs to be carried out to assess what the likely increase of carbon emission will be from any new transport infrastructure projects to ensure they are compatible with Bradford Council’s aim to get to zero carbon emissions by 2038.