Appendices
Comment
Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Representation ID: 2532
Received: 14/12/2016
Respondent: MR JAMES GIBB
Appendix 5
I note that the council is encouraging a borough wide travel card.
I also note that the system for bus season tickets is so inflexible as to be comical. You can only by a daily, weekly, four weekly or annual card. On the railway you can by any length of season at the price of the stage to which it applies e.g. 6 weeks and a day at the monthly rate.
You can also purchase your season at train stations. Why can this not be done for busses. At the moment you cannot buy a season to correspond with a school term. You have to buy your ticket on the bus or at the travel centre. The latter is inconvenient and the former clearly delays everybody on the bus. Not to mention the logistics of paying £56 on a bus for a four week ticket! At present we spend a fortune on bus lanes etc. but we cannot get a simple season into the twentieth century let alone the twenty first!
I am not sure who would even consider cycling from Southend Central to the travel centre. Can you take the bicycle on the bus?
If you are traveling by train Westfield is accessible from both Southend's main lines. What has Southend to offer in the way of shopping that Westfield does not? We have to compete by providing a better or equal offer and the only way we are likely to achieve that is by making more cheap parking available. I like traveling by train but with the best will in the world it is not compatible with carrying lots of shopping.
There should be no extension of the "Shared Space" concept and the current provision should be removed and replaced by a more conventional approach.
The current scheme is confusing and impedes traffic flow in off peak times.
Again the singling out of the Sea Life Centre appears inappropriate. It is an attraction provided at no cost to the town which adds to what the town offers.
I hope the policy refers only to the disused part of the Crazy Golf site.
Comment
Southend Central Area Action Plan (SCAAP) - Revised Proposed Submission 2016
Representation ID: 2533
Received: 14/12/2016
Respondent: MR JAMES GIBB
Sadly I feel that this policy needs a little more bite. The fact that a property is being "Marketed" does not necessarily mean that there is any active effort going into letting it. This may be the case if the agent concerned or his clients stand to make far more money from a redevelopment.
Some property on the other hand will clearly be unlettable however long it is marketed for and that may be obvious in a far shorter period.
There should be no extension of the "Shared Space" concept and the current provision should be removed and replaced by a more conventional approach.
The current scheme is confusing and impedes traffic flow in off peak times.
Again the singling out of the Sea Life Centre appears inappropriate. It is an attraction provided at no cost to the town which adds to what the town offers.
I hope the policy refers only to the disused part of the Crazy Golf site.