Building the Hastings Bypass

Building the Hastings Bypass

Introduction

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The Hastings bypass is a proposed route, which will go around the area

surrounding Bexhill and Hastings in order to reduce congestion and

traffic problems along the Bexhill rd route. The Bexhill rd route is

usually very busy and almost congested nearly every time of the day,

as it is the only way of going anywhere from Hastings to Bexhill,

Eastbourne and Brighton. Which causes potential problems for many

other business and economic groups, such as freight services and green

peace (as the proposed site goes through land which has protected

species within).

The Hastings bypass is an advantage to the local motorists, business

and economy of the local area and motorists who are not local but

travelling from other places along the east to the west (i.e. Dover to

Eastbourne). However it also poses potential disadvantages to such

stakeholder groups as the people living next to the proposed site(s)

and people who feel that it would 'tear apart' the business and

economy of Hastings and Bexhill. Another disadvantage would be that of

the Green Peace Committee who are against the whole plan of action due

to the existence of protected species living within the proposed site,

and that the Hastings bypass would get rid of any habitats which they

have formed there. Other stakeholder groups would include the

following people living near the proposed building site, pedestrians

concerned with their safety on the Bexhill Rd route, Housing

development, road workers (labourers) and the government. The people

that live near the area where the proposed building site would be

against the idea since they moved to the outskirts of the town to get

avoid of any traffic noise and pollution, but will end up with what

they were trying to get away from (traffic noise and pollution). The

local business and economics would be for the idea since it will bring

more people to the local area thus allowing for expansion and more

income from the likes of tourist and/or people taking resident in the