Braintree: Fears over A120 dualling and housing plans

9:20am Wednesday 4th July 2012 in News

Braintree: Fears over A120 dualling and housing plans Braintree: Fears over A120 dualling and housing plans

Plans to dual the notorious A120 and build two housing estates the size of Witham would cause traffic chaos, it is feared.

Gateway 120 wants to build 11,000 homes in two developments – one on the border of Braintree and the other next to Marks Tey.

It has offered to spend £128million to provide dual carriageway from the A12 as far as Coggeshall, and from Bradwell to Braintree’s Galleys Corner.

James Abbott, district councillor for Bradwell, said: “It is really equivalent to another Witham but spread along the two ends of the A120.

“The A120 needs to be made safer but without massive development which will take the area back to square one and could even make it worse.

“The assumption is that the new cars from the developments will go onto the A120 and the A12, but they will also go onto local roads.

“I think we should all be very cautious about projections and promises made by developers.”

Comments(5)

Jodaius says...
10:57am Wed 4 Jul 12

Are these the same people that are constantly moaning about making the A120 'safer'? Who do they expect the pay for this work?

Translation: 'We would very much like to have our cake and eat it, please.'

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James Abbott says...
1:23pm Wed 4 Jul 12

The A120 works need to be paid for out of public funds, just as most road projects are. That way we should get the scheme thats best for the area with no unwanted add-ons.

If the developers pay for it their "price" is 11,000 houses plus a load of other development that will increase traffic massively. And they are not even committing to improve the whole section from Braintree to the A12.

Its the developers that want to have their cake and eat it.

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count jacqula says...
11:02am Fri 6 Jul 12

The A120 redevelopment is needed for all the lorry traffic that will arise from Essex CC's beloved incinerator project?

If the incinerator project goes ahead, I can't imagine thousands of people wanting to move downwind. Think of all the pollution from both the incinerator and the large rubbish lorries.

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Haille Salassie says...
5:59pm Fri 6 Jul 12

Imagine you read this article and then realise that you are living on one of the development sites, and no one has told you your home is going to be built on. Bit weird, but this is the first we have heard of it.

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Keep Essex Green says...
12:52am Mon 9 Jul 12

Build build build, is there ever going to be a time when you can open up a local paper without the inside reporting a story about building homes in Braintree, seems like every developer is trying to make a profit out of soft touch Essex / Braintree!
The answer to the A120 is not to build new houses!!!! There is nothing wrong with our roads, it's the councils planning that's policy out of control!

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