Issue - meetings

Councillor C Swain asked the Leader of the Council, now that Highways England had announced their preferred route for upgrading the A12 between Boreham and Witham, involving removal of both junctions at Hatfield Peverel and construction of a new junction at Rivenhall, if the Leader would press the County Council to bring forward proposals to provide access to that junction for traffic from Maldon and Heybridge?

In response the Leader advised that Highways England were proposing to close the junctions and introduce a new super junction to the east which would serve that area.  There would be a public consultation in 2020.  He emphasized that throughout the A12 widening scheme engagement and consultation process, the Council had emphasised to Highways England, the importance of maintaining access to the A12 from the District at Hatfield Peverel.  He made reference to the Local Development Plan bringing forward a lot of residential properties in the north of the District which would need to access the A12 and how this had been made clear as part of the consultation process.