In the House of Commons on Thursday, Warrington South MP Andy Carter again raised concerns about the impact of the Central 6 Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Latchford and called on Warrington Borough Councillors to support the motion being put forward by Conservative councillors next Monday to scrap the LTN.
Andy Carter’s latest intervention comes as more than 6,000 local residents have signed a petition calling for the Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme in Latchford to be ended. A survey conducted by the MP last year, which received over 900 individual household responses, showed that 86 percent of residents favoured a return to the old road layout while 87 percent opposed the closure of Grange Avenue to through traffic.
The MP’s survey also found that 84 percent of respondents felt that they had not been properly consulted by the Council about the road closures prior to them being implemented.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Andy Carter MP commented: “More than 6,000 people have signed a petition calling on Warrington Labour councillors to scrap the Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Latchford and reopen Grange Avenue to through traffic. The Council, I’m afraid, has dug its heels in and even today has launched another consultation, simply kicking the can down the road.
“Local residents are clear: the scheme has created longer drive times and increased congestion in Warrington town centre.”
The Warrington South MP also called on councils to look at what more can be done to encourage local people to be more active, saying: “Instead of spending money on planters in the middle of the road, perhaps councils could spend that money on resurfacing pavements, so that local people can walk safely in their local neighbourhoods.”
The Leader of the House, Penny Mordaunt MP responded: “The responsibility lies with the Local Authority and it is disappointing that it is not able to deal with the things that would really make a difference to people’s lives by helping them to be more active and to walk and cycle more, and to ensure that those local services are protected.”
Warrington Councillors will have an opportunity to vote to end the LTN on Monday evening after a motion was submitted by Conservative Councillors calling for the trial to be scrapped.
