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Get Exeter Moving!

Get Exeter Moving!

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Started by Anonymous 21 years, 10 months ago
Transport is a critical issue for the future of Exeter. The City is in the grip of a Labour Council which is wedded to a government policy that hammers the motorist whenever possible. Their\'s is a single minded determination to demonise the motorist at every opportunity. In Exeter, that manifests itself as a determination to make the motoring experience as unbearable as possible in some misconceived attempt to force the motorist out of his or her car and onto public transport. The result is gridlock. The answer is better public transport and a sensible traffic management strategy designed the allow the traffic to flow freely rather than bring it to a standstill. We demand: (1) An urgent review of all traffic light timings in the City to increase the flow of traffic; (2) Western Way southbound from South Street to Exebridges to be widened; (3) Southbound from Countess Wear over the river and canal to be re-instated as dual lane; (4) A feasibility study be commissioned to report on a dual lane one way system in to and out of the City using Heavitree Road and Pinhoe Road; (5) An urgent review of all bus and cycle lanes in the City;

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Matthew Clifford
2 years ago Featured

The Council are bound by Statute to give provide adequate prior consultation and notice of intention. The Council didn't provide any remotely meaningful notification or consultation period. The scheme has been bulldozed through against the wishes of the majority- with residents not having been given reasonable opportunity to make their point of view. Indeed the scheme was implemented within mere weeks of notification on a 'trial' basis. This is a way of circumnavigating due process and the legitimate wishes of residents. By elevating its own agenda above resident's wishes the Council has behaved with an unhealthy degree of cynicism and not lived up to its mandate. This has to be open to legal challenge.

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Dave Townsend
21 years ago Featured

Living in Heavitree is a total nightmare now. Every morning i sit in traffic for 40 mins just to go a few miles. The council clearly has no idea how people actually live and work in this city. Just fix the lights and stop the war on cars.