Key Points Summary

Cornford Lane is completely unsuitable for through traffic:

• Narrow lane with single-track sections
• Multiple blind bends & concealed entrances
• Runs right through a Care Home site
• No pavement or any provision for pedestrian safety
• No speed limit

Cornford Lane is not a 'necessity' route:

• Runs to the same places as the nearby main road
• No need for its use with a major road nearby

The use of Cornford Lane by heavy traffic causes:

• A serious risk of personal injury or worse
• Frequent gridlocks lasting up to 1 hr 30 minutes
• Frequent car crashes
• Prevention / delay to emergency vehicle access
• Damage to hedges, verges, ditches and trees
• Erosion and undercutting of supporting banks
• Damage & repair cost to fences and boundaries
• Continual damage & costs to residents' cars
• Continual repair cost to road surface and edges
• Bank erosion with large & dangerous potholes
• Frequent shouting and sounding of horns
• Frequent verbal abuse to residents
• Continual dangerous and provocative driving