Comment

Representation ID: 21995

Received: 16/03/2020

Respondent: Ms Carol Sharp

206. SNGP supports the provision of new railway stations at Rackheath and especially Dussindale as
outlined in 211. In Policy 4 – Strategic Infrastructure aims ‘to promote modal shift’ by having ‘significant improvements to the bus, cycling and walking network’ but this is in direct conflict to promoting ‘delivery of the Norwich Western Link road’

The wordning of ‘Improvements to’ Norwich Airport becomes ‘growth of ‘ in the Strategic Infrastructure section, which does not support climate change visions and objectives to help decarbonise development stated in Section 4.

Public transport provision needs to be improved and made affordable, not only between main towns and key service centres, but to and from smaller settlements. This is essential even without any further growth of these settlements, as many areas of rural Norfolk have become public transport deserts.
There is no mention about the delivery of the Bus Rapid Transport network promised in the NATS and the JCS. Delivery of this network is integral to NATS and approval for the NDR at the public enquiry was conditional on its delivery, highlighted in Norwich Green party response to the previous draft.