It is unlikely now that the WHF outline planning application will be considered at the March meeting of the CDC Planning Committee but we need to remain vigilant. Generally matters of detail may not need be considered at the stage of outline permission, but we run the risk of the CDC eventually approving the outline plan on… Continue reading The Westgate Cycle Path 1
Category: Traffic Calming
The trouble with the Westgate traffic calming proposals
This post was the first in a weekly series of five “what-if?” suggestions proposed in parallel over the festive season 2015-16, that seek to provoke your thoughts about solutions to the traffic impacts of the development on Westgate, but which may also never see the day. The Vectos traffic model is too limited to be useful Local people have not… Continue reading The trouble with the Westgate traffic calming proposals
Current Traffic on Westgate
Click on each image for a closer look. Once upon a time there were horses on our streets. Here is the current state of the traffic on Westgate (with thanks to Paul Wreyford) The state of the carriageway in the conservation area after that lot has driven over it Return
Whitehouse Farm Development: revised traffic calming proposals October 2015
As readers will know from previous posts – and the meeting in July if you were there – Miller Homes and Linden Homes, the developers of the Whitehouse Farm site, commissioned traffic consultants Vectos to come up with proposals for traffic management and calming on the Whitehouse Farm development site and the surrounding streets. A note by… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development: revised traffic calming proposals October 2015
Whitehouse Farm development 5: Traffic Calming
This post is the last in a series of 5 to give you more detail of the traffic impacts onto Westgate of the White House Farm Development. If you want to read them in order, you can read the first one here. Proposed Additional Traffic Calming The developer has to design a sustainable development for traffic and… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm development 5: Traffic Calming
Westgate Traffic calming: August 2015
We are grateful to Paul Wreyford for the use of his photos to illustrate the problems pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles face when using Westgate as a thoroughfare. These problems are set to increase with the proposed construction of 1600 new dwellings on the White House Farm development. Our question is: What is the impact going… Continue reading Westgate Traffic calming: August 2015