Noise and pollution concerns ring hollow

Whose crazy idea was it to close off one of the main arterial roads into Maidenhead town centre?

RBWM is suggesting Shoppenhangers Road is a ‘rat run ‘ which is absolutely not true.

It’s a major road comparable in size to that of the A308 from Braywick to Windsor.

Closing Shoppenhangers Road off to motorists, other than buses and emergency vehicles, will serve only to create TWO other ‘rat runs’ on inferior roads.

One being Harvest Hill Road which is a narrow road with bends and dips already well used and currently carrying a lot of traffic.

Harvest Hill Road is an alternative road many drivers would use to join the A308 into Maidenhead which the council says is ‘heavily trafficked ‘.

The second, Walker Road is a quiet residential road of family houses not suited to heavy, often speeding traffic as was experienced last year during the repair of the sinkhole in Shoppenhangers Road.

Whoever thought up this idea cannot understand the current traffic flow in this area.

To say it is in the interest of ‘social distancing’, noise and pollution?

There are wide pavements on both sides of Shoppenhangers Road and hopefully the need for ‘social distancing’ will be short lived.

Is RBWM genuinely concerned about ‘noise and pollution’ considering their active plans to build 2,000 houses on the adjacent green belt land on Maidenhead Golf Course?

What is this bus gate really all about I wonder?

Visit https://consultprojectcentre.co.uk /rbwmbusgate to view the consultation. SUE REYNOLDS Walker Road Maidenhead