Thank you for taking your valuable time to read my blog! I am trying to change the attitudes of people who are supporting the Kingskerswell Bypass! I think it would ruin Torbay and the tourism that we rely on. It is wrong and wouldn’t be fair for many people. I want to change the mind of the government to not build it for several reasons
• Tourism is one of Torbay’s main incomes. The bypass may put tourists from visiting Torbay because the once beautiful countryside Devon is so well known for has become an ugly main road.
• It would be unfair if a person living in Kingskerswell used to wake up in the morning to the sound of birds cheeping and a beautiful field and then instead get woken up by car engines and a main road
• It will devalue many houses in Kingskerswell and on the edge of Torquay and Newton Abbot which are next to the current main road.
It would not be nice for us to have to put up with a horrible main road right on our doorstep. We need to think of others and act on this ridiculous idea. In fact the bypass would be going against regional and local policy! According to the draft regional strategy, transport accounts for 28% of the regions CO² emissions and the regions ecological footprint is unsustainable presently. Road traffic dominates this total. The strategy wants to reduce these emissions by advocating demand management measures and improve public transport. The bypass is defiantly neither of these and according to its major scheme business case it would increase greenhouse gas emissions.
The Kingskerswell alliance has come up with an alternative to the bypass which supports this. Their idea would improve the CO² emissions and improve the A380 air quality which is a local issue. Other options are
• Have children use public transport to go to school and return from school
• Promote walking, cycling and public transport and the benefits from it.
Thank you so much again for reading my blog. Please post your comments and if possible answer these few questions for me. For more information on the Kingskerswell alliance’s plan go to http://www.kingskerswellalliance.org.uk/
Had you known about the Kingskerswell bypass before?
Has this blog changed your mind about the bypass? If so why?
Georgina
This looks like a nobel cause. Good luck in your campeign!
ReplyDeleteYes, I did know about the bypass, and was against it anyway.
ReplyDeleteI think that the plans the Kingskerswell alliance has come up with is a great alternative to the bypass which will ruin the surroundings.
Good luck!
Hi
ReplyDeleteI am from california so I didn't know about the bypass plans before and after reading your blog I am defiantly against it! Your blog really opened my eyes on how important the enviroment is and how we need to keep it safe! Good luck with your campaign I am supporting you all the way!