I object to this change as we believe it will cause more traffic congestion on the other two

junctions and will restrict our connections.

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Completely removing vehicular connectivity across the railway line forces all

north-south traffic onto surrounding external arterial roads (such as Fonthill Road /

R113 and the local road network).

As highlighted in the Council’s own Bridge Removal Assessment Modelling Report

(Systra, 2025), removing this vehicular link results in significant traffic rerouting. The

report states the following: A n i s s u e w a s i d e n t i fi e d i n b o t h t h e A M a n d P M f o r

t h i s j u n c t i o n . T h e i m p a c t s o f t h e r o a d r e m o v a l m a y r e q u i r e m i t i g a t i o n t o a d d r e s s

t h e i m p a c t a t t h i s j u n c t i o n .