Transport Technical Paper [EXAM 114]

The conclusions (7) on the whole seem to say that the scenarios do not solve the traffic issues sufficiently. Nothing in this document convinces me that the addition of traffic lights to control traffic flows on the junction will do much to help users but will serve to infuriate drivers still further, thus causing more collisions and subsequent congestion. There needs to be a second junction ( 13 A) Also, the time scale of the works will mean the piecemeal changes will be out of date by the time they are actioned. We are not convinced that the data used from March 2018 is also relevant, as so much has already changed in the subsequent two years and five months. Since the duelling of the A421 towards Milton Keynes is not complete and thus not able to be assessed for impact and neither is the section of the M1 smart motorway due to open in 2022. There are too many unknowns in these scenarios. True data is what should be considered with so many massive demands falling on this junction if you give the go ahead to the Marston Vale housing development and SE2 development. Also the already built, but also not in use yet, Covanta, Dawson’s development and the new warehouses on the junction, which will be in use soon. Not to mention the MK expansion plans.

The diagrams illustrating the before and after scenarios show that the congestion back through our village on the C94 will be increased. This was never supposed to happen, after the opening of the new A421 in 2010 , it was expected to alleviate our traffic problems through our village permanently.