Sir - The fact that the Northern Relief Road was first recommended in an official report back in the early 1990s should not come as a surprise.
I have had several letters published in the Worcester News decrying the “wisdom” of the County Council in abandoning the Northern Link Road, and several have mentioned the 1992 Report.
In 1992 Claines was an already well established suburb (or “Village” as it insists on being called), whereas St. Peter’s had only just started to expand. The home owners were too busy working in order to pay for their new homes, and bringing up young families, rather than understand such nebulous ideas as the distant Northern Relief Road. It was hardly publicised this side of the City.
In 1992 parts of the Western Link Road had not yet been built, and the Southern Link Road was still very new (although many of us thought it should have been built as a dual carriageway in the first place) and there was no hint of all the additional houses now being proposed.
It would be nice if we were allowed to be NIMBY’s sometimes, but St. Peter’s has always been ignored, whichever party is in power in the City and the County.
So, if the original cost of the Northern Link would have been £17m, and the cost now would be £130m, what is the expected cost in 2030 when we are led to believe it might actually be built? In 22 years it has increased nearly 8-fold.
Brenda Wheeler
St. Peter’s, Worcester
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