Today is the last day on which you can comment to Cheshire West and Chester Council on the proposed development on Wrexham Road. It is vitally important that you let them have your opinion.

The main concern of the majority of people that we have spoken to is traffic. The development brief does not address the issue of how the extra vehicles coming onto the Wrexham Road will be handled. The traffic in south Chester is already at saturation point as the Grosvenor Bridge physically cannot carry any more vehicles at peak times. The Council must sort out the road infrastructure before it allows any building work to start.

It is very worrying that the development brief in point 3.21 suggests that there will be access for houses onto Lache Lane. This will add yet more traffic to Lache Lane and has the potential to become a rat run from the Wrexham Road.

I am sure that there are many other aspects of this plan that you may have a view on, but you may have a comment to make about the timing of the delivery of the school which will not be in use until Year 7 of the development at the earliest. In the meantime, places will have to be found in other local schools, most probably in mobile classrooms.

You can comment online by registering with the Council or you can email them at: spatialplanning@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk

Please get your comments in today. They will not be accepted after midnight tonight.

Kind regards
Pauline Brown, Chair
Westminster Park Residents’ Association