Freight Strategy - Bucks CC Response

Freight Strategy - Bucks CC Response

Out thanks to those of you that wrote to Bucks CC with your views on the emerging Freight Strategy, and/or signed the ePetition. That petition attracted 150 signatures - a great level of support.

We have today had a response, reproduced below, from Paul Irwin at Bucks CC, along with an invitation to attend a Workshop to consider the issues in more detail. You will note the positive indication to include Chearsley and Cuddington as hotspots in the strategy - a development that can only help our efforts to control this problem.

Dear Mr Lewis

I am extremely grateful to you and other local residents from Chearsley and Cuddington for such active engagement in the Freight Strategy consultation. This feedback is helpful in ensuring the existing challenges you are facing are reflected in the document and guide the Strategy’s implementation.

We’ve been clear that the Freight Strategy is an evolving strategy, and that we’ll continue to work with those communities who fed into the process to investigate areas that are problematic in the future, so we can apply the right solutions. Our research and the feedback from our consultation give us a snapshot today, but circumstances will change in the future as growth happens and road uses alter, which is why we have developed a strategy that will adapt over the coming 20 years.

To acknowledge the activity (e.g. traffic surveys) carried out in Chearsley and Cuddington that identify local freight issues, we have amended the hotspot areas in the Strategy to ensure we give both areas an appropriate level of exposure. In addition, we plan to invite representatives from both areas to a meeting to discuss the existing challenges you face, talk through the role of the proposed Freight Officer and the types of solutions you might like to see included in the emerging Freight Action Plan.

We value the role played by communities to highlight the issues caused by freight. I hope the response above demonstrates that we take the concerns raised seriously and endeavour to work with you to understand the issues and develop appropriate solutions.

Paul Irwin

Deputy Cabinet Member for Transportation