Trimley St Mary parish council chairman Colin Jacobs.
Trimley: Villagers fear new homes could bring gridlock to their streets
BY RICHARD CORNWELL, Felixstowe editor
Thursday, March 14, 2013
1:23 PM
TRANSPORT experts are being asked to meet villagers to discuss fears over future traffic chaos if hundreds of new homes are built.
Parish councillors in Trimley St Mary are becoming increasingly worried that High Road will not be able to cope – and will suffer gridlock.
The street is the only way in and out of the village and sometimes the only route for all traffic, including container lorries, when an incident closes the A14.
Over the next few years all the fields between the A14 and railway line could potentially be used for new homes, pouring thousands more vehicles on to High Road every day.
Currently, applications are in for nearly 400 homes at Walton Green, 66 at the mushroom farm, and possibly up to 100 off Thurmans Lane.
Parish council chairman Colin Jacobs said: “If all this building goes ahead my personal view is that the villages will grind to a halt.
“At times it is almost like that now.”
Councillor Graham Harding said: “High Road is totally inadequate for the volume of traffic that is using it now.
“We have a situation where a lot of people appear to no longer be using the dock spur roundabout because of the new adjustments and the traffic lights and are coming through the Trimleys instead.
“This road is still as much as it was in the 1800s when people walked cattle along it to market and I am very concerned about it. If we put more and more houses onto our fields, all the cars from those homes will come onto High Road and that will have an impact on the quality of life of people living here.”
Traffic consultants employed by the Walton Green Partnership, which is behind the plans for a Tesco superstore and 390 homes, have been asked to meet the parish council.
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4 comments
All this appears to be rumour and speculation. If there actually are any 'plans' for the 'development' of the Trimleys, let us see them so that we can comment upon them. Grandiose 'suggestions' made over the last 50 years usually have ended up as being no more than hot air. Come on you Parish Councillors, communicate, communicate, communicate, and if you don't know how to communicate, resign, resign, resign.
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cwayconslt
Thursday, March 14, 2013
I have to admit to some amazement as to the sudden waking up of Trimley (and Felixstowe) residents to this and other expansionist proposals (such as Tesco). It has been declared policy of Central Government for years that all areas have to take their share of building expansion, new housing etc. The Suffolk Coastal peninsula was long ago decreed to have to take a large share of this. That means lots of infill and new Housing construction and Yes, retail, medical, schooling, roads, services and general other construction. Did people not realise that that meant lots of new buildings of houses, shops, etc on what are currently waste areas or certain green field sites and more traffic is a natural conclusion? Where have they been? Change is inevitable and small wins will not mean eventual success, (even if they get them). New housing, new roads, new services and yes, even Tesco's (who spotted all this very quickly) WILL happen. It may take time but it is Government (of all parties) policy! End of.......
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Disbeliever
Thursday, March 14, 2013
I can think of a few things the residents can do themselves before talking of new roads 1- don't park over cycle paths forcing cars into the other side of the road to over take 2- use you driveway to park your car on 3- Walk your child to school! 4- when cars are parked on either side generally you can still fit 2 cars through ur car is not a bus!
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Iwant2rightthenews
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Agreed. The pinch point at trimley post office can't be solved because the house are too close to the road. Another exit is needed from the High road on to the bypass - maybe as originally planned 30 years ago slip roads going down to the A14 by the bridge.
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zaax
Thursday, March 14, 2013