Public Meeting on AWPR
Road Sense are holding two public meetings to give an alternative view to the Western Peripheral Route to the one presented by the AWPR team at the local road shows. The meetings will be held on:
Sunday 21st at the International School at 2:30pm and
Wednesday 24th January at Kingswells Community Centre at 8:30pm in the upstairs hall.
Road Sense are holding two public meetings to give an alternative view to the Western Peripheral Route to the one presented by the AWPR team at the local road shows. The meetings will be held on:
Sunday 21st at the International School at 2:30pm and
Wednesday 24th January at Kingswells Community Centre at 8:30pm in the upstairs hall.
There is no roadshow in Kingswells. See the AWPR website for the best location and date. The road shows are open between 10:00am and 8:00pm
If you want to send an objection by email you can do so from the road sense website.
The documentation for the draft order can be seen on the AWPR website.
The documentation from the road shows can be seen on the AWPR website.
Maps of Kingswells can be seen here for South Kingswells (6.8 Mb) and North Kingswells (6.0Mb)
See below for more information . . .
Please don't be complacent because you think this will not affect you. The maps are presented in such a way that most of Kingswells is not shown. Please do not be fooled - the AWPR will be built high in the surrounding countryside and noise and air pollution will carry.
All the proposed routes considered in the consultation go past Kingswells. The largest community affected by the AWPR has had no real alternatives. In reality the best Kingswells can do is to mitigate the effects of the AWPR. The most serious effects of the new road are pollution by noise, air and light. There also implications for the wildlife around Kingswells being effectively cut off by the new road. There is also a significant threat by rat running through Kingswells and congestion of the road network around Kingswells.
The advice given by the AWPR team is to express your concerns in the form of an objection, and to continue to hastle the AWPR team itself. It would appear that if you sit back and say nothing then any mitigation on offer will go elsewhere.
The whole project will be under extreme pressure to save money. This can be illustrated by the policy to be adopted on mitigating noise. The response by an official at the road show when asked about how noise would be mitigated - the response was:
"The noise levels have been measured at various places along the route. AFTER the road is built the levels will be measured again and compared to the original measurements. If there is a problem then compensation will be paid."
Don't start counting the pennies!!! The payout is likely to be small and the effects WILL BE long lasting and will become worse as the traffic and noise levels increase with time. The best solution for Kingswells is to minimise the noise at source BEFORE the road is built. To facilitate this YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS.
Formal feedback on the Draft Road Orders should be submitted in writing by Friday 9th February to:
Chief Road Engineer
Transport Scotland
Trunk Roads: Infrastructure and Professional Services
Buchanan House
58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow
G4 0HF
If you want to send an objection by email you can do so from the road sense website.
If you want more information contact the community council, or come to one of the public meetings
Written By: IanC
Date Posted: 21/01/2007
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