Truemors
Protestors have been making their opposition heard to plans for a 60,000 home eco-town in North Yorkshire.
Villagers took drums along to Selby town centre at 1000 GMT in a campaign to show their opposition for the carbon-neutral homes near Kellington.
A spokesman for residents said the new town would be double the size of Selby and could take business away from the area and increase traffic and noise.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF Kellington Village Website
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at 06:58 on March 26th, 2008
I can't understand why people would be opposed to this. it will being more people to the area so increase business in the area as a whole. These projects should be encouraged
For the eco way to travel try coach hire
at 07:12 on March 26th, 2008
Many thanks for a positive comment. I believe the main objection is to traffic congestion. As you must be aware being in the transport industry, the roads are carrying many more times the traffic which they were originally designed for.
at 07:22 on March 26th, 2008
Agreed but with more resources into the public transport
system in the area it could lead to a less of an impact than these people are
concerned about. I feel the good which is going to come from this project will
make up for any increase in traffic
I may be missing the point after reading the other related stories but if we are just taking about the eco town I do think people are being a little short sighted.
at 08:03 on March 26th, 2008
I do not think the necessary infrastructure will ever transpire. Once they build the houses thats it. The transport in rural areas amounts to one bus every hour to the nearest town. When I want to go to another town it means catching 2 buses. Therefor a 15 minuet car journey takes 2 hours by bus. Even car journeys in peak traffic times can take as much as half an hour to travel 2 miles. I am talking about rural locations where the traffic volumes are the same as London at peak times. Public transport in London however is far superior to this.
There is also the matter of safety, muggings are all to familiar in rural locations, being out alone is a risky business, even the home secretary will not walk down a busy London street, rural locations are not as near as safe as you might think. Poor lighting, gangs of congregating youths who have nothing to do. Thats how a lot of people feel who live in the country.
at 08:08 on March 26th, 2008
Point Taken but surly they will not be building 60,000 new
homes and not improving the local transport infrastructure.
at 13:11 on March 26th, 2008
The transport services in rural areas are privately run, if the customers are not there then the service providers will cut the services. In the eco development in Upton Northamptonshire they are still waiting after 5 years, for a doctors surgery, a community center, shops and services and affordable housing which were part of the planning brief......
Source: nowpublic.org