Plan for new road to be approved?
PLANS to build a new road linking the A428 and the A6 are set to be approved by council chiefs on Monday night.
Bedford Borough Council’s highways and direct works group has submitted an application to develop a single carriageway to link the A428 at Bromham Road at the junction with Gold Lane and Deep Spinney and the A6 in Clapham Road at its junction with old Bedford Road.
John Gambold, chairman of Biddenham Parish Council, claimed that his council agrees with the scheme, but that flaws need to be ironed out of the plans.
He said: “The bypass is a great idea but it’s not 100 per cent written yet and there are a couple of attendant problems to it.”
He added: “In itself it’s a fine idea and will reduce the traffic on Bromham Road and take the pressure off the traffic on the bottom of Ashburnham Road.”
The plans are recommended for consent by council officers but the final decision rests with the planning committee.
The proposals have received a number of comments from a public consultation from groups and organisations including The British Horse Society, Bromham and Clapham parish councils and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Bedfordshire Bat Group also made representations stating that bats and bat issues have been adequately addressed in the report.
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