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/ #6 Traffic survey

2013-11-27 10:01

Jacobs, the consultants for this project, have performed a traffic survey conducted on traffic volume between J13 and J14 of the M65 and the valley road. There has been no increase in traffic going to Laneshawbridge or Skipton over the past 10 years. There has however been an increase in traffic at the end of the motorway of 13%.

This should be no surprise - this is traffic visiting the growing commercial and retail developments that have sprung up in the area (Boundary Mill, Matalan, Sainsburys etc.) Will a bypass remove this traffic? No.

In other words the consultants' own evidence suggests that this is a £35m white elephant to remove traffic that isn't there to be removed!