Category Archives: Transport

Historic England Repeat Objections to Southern Link Road

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Liz

Historic England (HE, formerly English Heritage) for the second time, are recommending refusal or deferral of the Council’s application to build a link road in South Hereford, across the open countryside of Grafton and Merryhill. Their Principal Inspector of Ancient … Continue reading →

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Southern Link Road & Hereford’s Ecology Network

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Liz

This map shows the proposed Hereford Southern Link Road and Clehonger Link overlaid with the “Ecological Network” map produce in 2013 by Herefordshire Council.It also shows the Herefordshire Council Land ownership. The Ecological Network map is part of the Core … Continue reading →

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How Traffic Increases with the Southern Link Road, Hereford

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Liz

This map shows the AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC FLOWS (AADTs) from a 2012 baseline and with the construction of the Southern Link Road in both 2017 and then 2032. All data has come from Herefordshire Council’s consultants Parsons Brinkerhoff as part of … Continue reading →

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High Grade Agricultural Land in the Southern Link Road Corridor

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Liz

This map is taken from the Herefordshire Land Classification Map and shows the land in the corridor of the Southern Link Road, graded from 1, the highest grade, down to grade 5, the poorest soils. The best and most versatile land … Continue reading →

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Housing and the Southern Link Road

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Liz

THIS MAP SHOWS: The Southern Link Road and Potential Housing Development sites from the  Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). THE MARCHES LEP AND HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL STATE THAT THE SOUTHERN LINK ROAD WILL ‘UNLOCK LAND FOR HOUSING’.  THIS CAN ONLY BE … Continue reading →

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The Southern Link Road Planning Application (Ref P151314/F)

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Liz

Herefordshire Council have made a planning application for the “Southern Link Road” to link the A49 and A465 south of Hereford and to then extend this road to link with the Clehonger road (B4349). (Full application page here ). The Council believe … Continue reading →

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Open Letter to the Highways Agency

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Liz

Attention Mr. Patrick Thomas Network Delivery and Development Directorate HIGHWAYS AGENCY Dear Mr. Thomas We are writing to ask for clarification regarding the outcome of a meeting held, we understand, on  10 November 2014, between yourself and/or your colleagues, with … Continue reading →

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Scrutiny Committee fails to support Cabinet decision on Southern Link Road

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Liz

2nd December saw members of the General Overview and Scrutiny meeting come together to consider the Herefordshire Council Cabinet decision last month to approve a route of a Southern Link Road.  The budgeted cost of £27.6 m has been secured … Continue reading →

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What the Cabinet Report didn’t say about the Highways Agency

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Liz

The Conservative Cabinet of Herefordshire Council have just approved a Southern Link Road for Hereford and so failed to adopt the Highways Agency’s guuidance on implementing sustainable transport measures BEFORE embarking on road building schemes. The Conservative Cabinet’s decision to … Continue reading →

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Some Questions and Answers on the Southern Link Road.

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Liz

Here for Hereford answers some pertinent questions, following the Cabinet’s recommendation to spend £27.6 million on a Southern Link Road from the A49 to the A465 in the South Wye area of Hereford.  According to Herefordshire Council’s  latest background report … Continue reading →

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