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Scraptoft will not be able to accommodate the influx of traffic that would be .made by a development of this size, on top of previous new builds in the surrounding area and traffic that uses it as a rat run to the A47..
No provision is being made for the north to south commute apart from the A563 already in place. Journeys on this road, at peak times can take twice as long.

Proposal is not sound as Scraptoft cannot cope with more traffic. Already problems at Peak times with traffic on Station Lane queing towards the A47 junction. This junction is already at capacity. It is not feasible that traffic from 1200 homes goes down Keyham Lane West as this is a narrow road with traffic calming introduced because of the schools along here. Children's lives will be put at risk if this is made a main thoroughafare. The Tesco roundabout is already a very busy junction. Scraptoft village has narow one way system which cannot cope with more traffic.

The proposed changes to thr onfrstructure are unsound and unworkable.
There is traffic congestion on certain rods at peak times now.
The increse volume of traffic to and from 1200 houses will make things worse.

A package of measures on existing highway and transport networks will not solve the problem of a large increase in the number of people driving through the center of the narrow one-way system in Scraptoft. At peak times the village center has become increasingly congested and there is little scope to widen any of the central roads. Access to the major roads from Scraptoft. such as the A47 involves driving along Church Hill . Also, the village is already used as a through route to Barkby. syston and the A46.

The proposed access and egress to the development along Keyham Lane West hasn't shown that it can be upgraded to accommodate this level of traffic in a safe manner due to frontage development all along this road with three schools, traffic calming and a 20 mph zone in places. There is already peak time congestion on the Tesco Island roundabout at the far end of Keyham Lane West, creating air pollution for nearby houses and schools. The use of New Romney Crescent for access and egress to the Scraptoft North development will further exacerbate this area due to there being a large primary school and residential properties buffering up to this street which will cause a danger to school children and will be unfair on the residents on the street. The use of this street would also exacerbate traffic on Scraptoft Lane and Station Lane which would be the only way of travelling to the south of the city and east along the A47. the island at the Scraptoft end of Station Lane together with the traffic lights at the bottom of Station lane in Thurnby would not be able to filter this amount of traffic with already large tail-backs at peak times.

Scraptoft village cannot cope with the amount of traffic building up now from the new developments that have are still being constructed around the village. Traffic would therefore need to be prevented from coming through the village by some means at the junction of Hamilton Lane and New Romney Crescent plus all traffic along Beeby Road would need to be directed through Scraptoft North to Hamilton Lane instead of coming through the village.

Supported in principle provided the necessary infrastructure / services are provided at the time of construction and are fit for purpose. Existing local services e.g. roads, schools, Drs surgeries etc are at capacity and therefore would be unable to support the initial proposed number of dwellings/residents .

A planned community is not just another housing estate.

A major concern is that the consequential , increased traffic flow through Thurnby, Bushby and Scraptoft will make what are already congested roads even more dangerous and create more pollution.. These settlements have very poor transport links by bus, so a car is vital.

1200 new houses is definitely going to have a major impact in traffic on the surrounding areas which are already heavily congested at peak times. Anyone leaving the development heading towards Oadby or Evington will have to pass through the the Scraptoft one way system. it is hard to see how this can be improved due to the narrow roads with nowhere to widen. The mini roundabout by the church is already not fit for purpose and at peak times traffic backs up down station Road from the traffic lights by Coles. Thurnby and Bushby would also be significantly affected by increased traffic.I dromp my daughter in Thurnby at 7.40am, it regularly takes me 10 minutes to turn right out of Grange Lane on my return journey. I believe that the main route into the city is planned to be along Keyham Lane and would involve its widening, possibly making it a dual carriage way. This has only just been widened with speed humps so its by no means a fast route it is also still quite narrow in places with parked cars. Also there are 2 schools on this road and is somewhere I avoid at peak times. Any improvements here would be dependant on Leicester City as this is outside Harborough.

It has not been demonstrated that the traffic impacts of the SDA can be satisfactorily mitigated. The access strategy is based on upgrading Keyham Lane West which falls entirely within the City of Leicester. Significant frontage development has taken place recently along this route which has also been traffic calmed and a 20mph speed limit has been imposed along part of the road. There are 2 schools along the road and sections are quite narrow. If Keyham Lane West cannot be widened and improved to fulfil the function of a primary access route serving the SDA, traffic will find alternative routes through residential areas in particular, the one way system through Scraptoft village.
Notwithstanding the ability of Keyham Lane West to cope with the traffic volumes from the SDA, experience tells us that significant levels of traffic from the site will wish to travel south to Oadby, the southern district distributor road and Fosse Park / M1. This traffic will take a route along Station Lane and A47 and then through Thurnby and Stoughton. The Station Road / A47 junction is already overloaded - recent traffic surveys show delays of 6 /7 minutes to get out of Station Road during the morning peak period. In my opinion this constitutes "severe" and even without the SDA the situation will deteriorate further given existing permissions and commitments for 600 houses in Thurnby and Scraptoft. The majority of the additional traffic from these developments will come through this junction. If the SDA goes ahead, by the time it comes on stream this junction will be seriously over capacity and the plan fails to address how the additional traffic will be accommodated.
Various traffic studies have sought to assess the impact of the proposals in the local plan. By their own admission these are high level and only provide a strategic overview. However the reports do contain several statements which support my concerns. First, the Jacobs report dated Nov 2016 at Table 5-1 refers to an increase in delay at A47/Station Road junction in Thurnby and some evidence of increased rat-running through Stoughton. It follows from this that traffic from the SDA will use, the Scraptoft Lane / Covert Lane / Station Lane junction and the Grange Lane / Main Street / Court Road junction in Thurnby. In the conclusions section the report makes reference to more noticeable impacts on the road network in Leicester but goes onto to say that the impact "Generally amounts to minor increases at already congested junctions." I would argue that it is not sustainable or sound to make an already existing situation worse by adding to some very long delays at junctions close to the SDA within the City. This simply gives rise to traffic finding unsuitable routes through residential areas and surrounding villages with medieval street patterns.
The Edwards and Edwards report goes further in highlighting the impact of significant development in this area. Para 4.3.2 refers to the poor connectivity of the eastern side of Leicester to the north, west and south. "The road network near a possible development is primarily single lane suburban roads which have a lower capacity." They also make the point that access to the strategic road network is not as good as to the south. "Developments to the south of Leicester are able to make use of higher quality orbital and radial routes to access opportunities to the west of the City and beyond. Outside of the City, the A6 to the south and outer ring road are predominantly two lanes and more able to cope with higher volumes of traffic. Finally at 4.3.1 the report states that "Many of the movements are occurring on residential or rural highways which may be of concern to the Highway Authority." I agree with this conclusion and do not consider the plan as proposed satisfactorily addresses these concerns.

It is difficult to see how existing roads can be improved to cope with the likely increase is traffic, especially through Scraptoft village with its narrow one way system and nowhere to widen. Other road improvements would be dependent on Leicester City. The traffic through Scraptoft at peak times heading down Station Lane regularly backs well past Pulford Drive, and this is without residents at the Goodridge development.. The mini roundabout by the church would definitely need upgrading.

It would be impossible to make Keyham Lane West into a through road. there are houses and three schools all along it with road side parking. ti is already very difficult to drive up there. it would be so unfair on the people living on that street. Netherhall will become a rat-run and this is a family estate with lots of children on it - it has in total six schools I believe. It is completely unfair on the residents there and Leicester City Council Should be thinking about them before it sells off land that is also a resource to the people there. New Romney Crescent and is already a nightmare and it will be terrible for fumes with traffic at a standstill and trying to move around each other.
Scraptoft will also become congested. It already has problems with traffic in the village and on Station Lane.

The existing infrastructure is already heavily congested at certain parts of the day.
I do not seen any way that improvements will alleviate this, only make it worse.

Mitigation measures in this area would not be possible due to the recent building Leicester has carried out along the proposed route - therefore this part of the plan is NOT fit for purpose. See attached sheet for additional comments.

This lacks any specific detail and is therefore useless. Does it relate permanent or temporary measures?
I have specific concerns about the impact this significant development will have upon traffic on Station Lane/Rd and the small roundabout at Covert Lane junction.

1. Rush hour queuing regularly goes to the brook on Station Rd from the A47 and on occasion further up Station Lane beyond Pulford drive. What specific measures will be considered to aid the flow onto the A47 particularly at peak times.
2. The current zebra crossing over Covert Lane is too close to the junction and is unsafe to use. Traffic from the village swings left into Covert Lane without stopping where their vision is limited.
3. The roundabout needs enlarging to enable larger vehicles to navigate it safely. Currently any large vehicle entering the roundabout from Covert Lane turning left onto Station Lane has to swing wide onto the opposite side of the road against oncoming traffic.

I object to 1200 houses being built, because the one way system in Scraptoft has no scope to widen the roads to allow the increased flow of traffic through the village. The village roads are busy all day now, especially during peak times, with all the extra cars, the roads won't be able to cope with the extra traffic.. Increased Traffic coming through the village will mean a queue forming and hold ups at he top of Church Hill and also at station Road junction onto the A47

Residents of Scraptoft will see their living environment deteriorate due to:

Increased cars travelling through our village due to the road/travel plan NOT being fit for purpose - increased noise, air pollution, accidents

Overload on all services - health and education - MUST come first BEFORE housing

Loss of green wedge and the wildlife it provides a home for - essential part of VILLAGE life

Rural aspect decreased which is important for mental health/well-being

Building work continues as it has over the past seven years with ALL of the disruption, noise, anti-social behaviour/loss of amenities it brings

I am very concerned of the traffic impact on the additional 1200 houses in Scraptoft village centre and Station Lane, as there has already been in the last seven years over 700 houses already been built. If this proposal is granted, a total of 1294 new houses being built will remove our village status into a town. This is not what the residents of Scraptoft want.

Scraptoft village and Station Lane will not be able to cope with extra traffic, lorries etc that 1200 houses would create as its already used as a "rat run" from Hamilton to reach A47 and Scraptoft lane, resulting in long delays at peak time.
Proposed new route via Keyham Lane West already has schools and college on route so would not be safe for children and parents. The Tesco roundabout and Troon Way is already very congested.

We have a dangerous amount of traffic going through Scraptoft now, the village one way system cannot take any more, it is dangerous for all ages to cross the road on Main Street and Church Hill. At peak times the queuing of cars is unbearable, it takes so much longer for children to get to school and adults to get to their places of work.
Station Lane cannot take any more traffic. It is going to get worse with the Pulford Drive development & Beeby Road - Are you waiting for a major accident to happen!?

I just wanted to voice my concerns re the current and further development at Scraptoft.

There is inadequate infrastructure to support the current development let alone further development.

I live off Covert Lane and when I try to exit the lane at the roundabout junction with Church Hill and Scraptoft Lane, I often sit there for several minutes, due to the constant flow of traffic up Church Hill. This is the only road that provides access to Scraptoft and the A47 from the new development. I believe that Church Hill is an accident waiting to happen, especially when there is a service or other function at the Church.

I visited the new development at Beeby Road recently, it was 2pm so not a particularly busy time, but again trying to exit the development onto Beeby Road was not easy. I am pretty sure that there will be a road accident there before long, I think the exit off the estate is in the wrong place and should be approximately 100 yards further up the road away from Scraptoft.

I really do hope that I don't have to email you in the future and say "I told you so".

I consider the Local Plan to be unsound because it does not take into account the lack of road infrastructure in the area to account of the extra traffic.

The roads are already saturated at peak times when major queuing can be up to half a mile up Station Road. This will get worse as developments take place on Pulford Drive approximately 300 houses, at Bushy Woods approximately 300 houses. Also the 4,500 houses at Thurmaston and Barkby Thorpe, some of which will use Hamilton Lane to get to the A47.

Also the village streets are narrow and in the morning there are often hold ups because of delivery lorries to the Co-Op trying to park.