Transport Technical Paper [EXAM 114]

Further assessment of impact of development of local traffic= to recognise the financial pressure this will have on Highway Authority in the future
Reduction of size of development to reduce impact on local infrastructure.
Consideration of alternative sites NLP 190 in particular has capacity for 13,000 houses and is west of Cranfield and would be ideally placed to take advantage of the Government’s investment of £95m to build a new road bridge over the M1 and a mass public transport hub to access Milton Keynes as part of the now committed development of East Milton Keynes on this side of the M1.

Pare 2.3.11 Strategic Model Outputs
The estimate of 262 additional PCUs in the morning peak and 107 in the evening peak for a development of 5000 properties when main employment centres will be MK, Bedford, Luton is undoubtedly an underestimate.
The modelling is strategic yet fails to mention consideration of proposed East West Expressway nor the impact of delay in construction. The impact of the east West Rail improvement and upgrade and impact upon North South transit across rail line has again been ignored which will have a significant impact on local traffic.