HCC Transport Statements Consultation Response Auguest
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(1) Basingstoke & Deane Borough Transport Statement Consultation Response Summary August 2012 Case object /comment / Respondent Response / Comment Change Required Officer response / comment number support Resident (RG21) 25 Comment Access to and within the town the town centre on foot. No Already identified in Town Access Plan and TS Park & ride investigation is identfied in L16. The transport I think park and rides, car share schemes should be considered proposals need to be seen as a package of highway, public Resident (RG24) 37 Comment Yes before just building lights. transport and healthy modes. Car share schemes are already identified in the TAP scheme (L6) and will add to scheme location. The Transport Statement Table 1 has three strategic schemes that would assist in reducing congestion to and from Chineham Business Park suggesting it is a high priority. These are: 1) Scheme S7 is the junction improvement of the A33 with Crockford Lane and when introduced delays could be expected to be The traffic jam that occurs leaving Chineham business park is significantly reduced. Traffic modelling work carried out has Resident (RG24) 38 Comment No unacceptable. identified this junction for improvement in line with Local Plan developments. 2) A northern access via Gaiger Ave and Cufuade Lane is being investigated and this would tie in with scheme S3. 3) Scheme S2, Chineham rail station, a long standing proposal that would also reduce congestion as the station well located to the employment area. Traffic lights at the Chineham 'Red man' roundabout are See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 38 Comment No essential to create traffic flow during peak times..5.00- 7.00pm. Park. The road structure around Chineham is unable to cope with the level of housing being built there, let alone the extra pressue See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 38 Comment No added by workers from the Chineham business park at peak Park. times. Acknowledge the role for public transport but need to recognise the existing, and growing, pressures on local road networks See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (GU34) 41 Comment No including, specifically those surrounding access to and exit from Park. Chineham Business Park at peak times. The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG22) 43 Comment No from Crockford Lane, is adding over 30 minutes to my journey. Park. This traffic jam delays the car commuters and the people who use the courtesy bus service. Roundabout from the A33 into Chineham park with the red men See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 44 Comment on it needs traffic lights. Traffic too heavy to work without traffic No Park. lights. See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG22) 47 Comment Traffic delays getting out of Chineham Business Park. No Park. care must be taken to not waste money on unnecessary See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 62 Comment No 'improvements' Park. to leave the existing traffic flowing as much as possible - See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 62 Comment No adding traffic lights simply adds traffic. Park. basingstoke has an excellent road network compared to See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 62 Comment No average - money can be better spent elsewhere. Park. total cost of local improvements are far less than strategic See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 62 Comment improvements and so should be funded in priority. better to fix No Park. 100 small issues than waste money on just one or two juctions. See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 62 Object S6 and S7 improvemenmt are simply not worth £5m. No Park. do not waste money converting perfectly usable roundabouts into hybrid roundabouts / traffic lights or just traffic lights. temporary changes to the crockford lane roundabout due to road works near great binfields roundabout in early 2012 showed what a disasterous impact on commuting times so See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 62 Object No called road 'improvements' can make. instead encourage Park. business to adopt flexible working times as basingstoke's junctions and roundabouts are perfectly capable 95% of the time. business and commuters need to adapt rather than the council wasting £x millions. See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (GU34) 65 Comment A33 and A339 improvements. No Park. The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (GU34) 65 Comment No caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout Park. from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (GU34) 65 Comment No caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout Park. from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 68 Comment A33 overcrowding at rush hour. No Park. 87 A33 Crockford Lane Roundabout (Carpenters Down/Reading See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 68 Comment No Road) Park. The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 68 Comment No caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout Park. from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. The Crockford Roundabout on the A33 needs severe improvement for the rush hour traffic on Crockford Lane joining See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG21) 69 Comment the A33. The build-up of traffic on Crockford Lane, caused by No Park. the inability to join the roundabout, is adding an additional 20- 30 minutes on my journey. “The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG26) 110 Comment No caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout Park. from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. “The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG21) 112 Comment No caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout Park. from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved massively - especially during the evening rush hour. See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 113 Comment The long queues of traffic, caused by the lack of gaps for cars No Park. getting on the roundabout from Crockford Lane, add 20 minutes to my journey. The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG21) 115 Comment No caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout Park. from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. final question of Transport Statement consultation document 6. Please use this space for any other comments about the See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 116 Comment No Transport Statement: “The Crockford Lane roundabout on the Park. A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. Traffic lights to help traffic flow, increase lanes from 2 to 3 See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 119 Comment No coming out of crockford lane. Park. “The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 119 Comment No from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. Park. This traffic jam delays the car commuters and the people who use the courtesy bus service“. “The Crockford Lane roundabout on the A33 needs to be improved during the evening rush hour. The build- up of traffic, caused by the lack of gaps for cars getting on the roundabout See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 119 Comment No from Crockford Lane, is adding over 20 minutes to my journey. Park. This traffic jam delays the car commuters and the people who use the courtesy bus service“. More focus on building more housing with a road network that See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 126 Comment No cannot cope this this. Park. More housing being built, bringing more people into See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 126 Comment No Basingstoke with a road network that cannot cope. Park. a journey that should take me 5-10 minutes as a local resident See comment 3 above about improvemnts to Chineham Business Resident (RG24) 126 Comment No takes me 20 minutes due to congestion.