Time is running out for businesses and the public to share their experiences and opinions on transport problems to the west of Norwich, as an eight-week consultation will draw to a close early next month.
Norfolk County Council is asking people for their views on any existing transport issues in this area and whether improvements are needed. The consultation is being carried out in response to calls from many people to fill in what they see as a ‘missing link’ between where the Norwich Northern Distributor Road (now called Broadland Northway) ends at the Fakenham Road (A1067) and the A47.
More than 1,200 responses to the consultation have been received over the last seven weeks, with most people going online to give their views via www.norfolk.gov.uk/nwl. Nearly 1,100 people have also come to a series of consultation events to speak to council staff and respond to the consultation in person.
Martin Wilby, Chairman of Norfolk County Council’s Environment, Development and Transport Committee, said: “This consultation has shown, if there was any doubt, that many people have strong opinions on transport in the area to the west of Norwich. We’re getting lots of valuable insights from local residents and those who travel through the area, and they’ll be very useful as we come up with some options for things we could do to help tackle these problems.
“If you feel strongly about this too but you haven’t responded to the consultation yet, I would urge you to tell us what you think – it should only take around 10 minutes.”
While building a new road between the end of Broadland Northway and the A47 is one potential option, the consultation asks people to identify any options which they believe could tackle transport issues in the area. These include improving public transport and improving existing routes as well as an option to do nothing.
The consultation will close at midnight on Tuesday, 3 July. The council will analyse the responses over the summer and let people know the results later this year and what, if anything, it proposes to do to tackle any of the transport issues identified.
For more information and to respond to the consultation online, visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/nwl.
