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HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION SELECT COMMITTEE

SCRUTINY REVIEW: PRIORITISATION OF A LYNDHURST BYPASS

Select Committee style meeting, Monday, 5 November 2007

Lyndhurst Community Centre, 10.00 to 4.00pm

Agenda

Focus: Of the range of possible solutions to the traffic and highway issues in

Lyndhurst, could a bypass be a viable and deliverable option ?

Time

Line of Enquiry

Written evidence

10.00 - 11.00

Current traffic problems and highways issues in Lyndhurst

Witnesses:

    - Cllr. Pat Wyeth, Nick Hunt, New Forest District Council

    - John Charlesworth, Lyndhurst Parish Council

    - Residents views:

    a) Trevor English, Chairman, Lyndhurst

    Chamber Of Trade

    b) Tony Herbert, Chairman, Lyndhurst

    Residents Association

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Appendix Three

Appendix Four

11.00 - 12.00

The range of bypass solutions and other options for Lyndhurst

Witnesses:

    - John Charlesworth, Lyndhurst Parish Council

    - Brockenhurst Parish Council

Appendix Two

Appendix Five

12.00 - 12.15

Witness:

    - Oliver Crossthwaite - Eyre, Verderers of the New Forest

Appendix Six

12.15 - 1.00

LUNCH

1.00 - 1.30

Witness:

    - Cllr M Kendal, Executive Member for the Environment

1.30 - 2.30

Acceptability of a bypass: environmental impacts on Lyndhurst and surrounding areas

    a) air quality b) quality of life

    c) noise d) economy

Witnesses:

    - John Charlesworth, Lyndhurst Parish Council

    - Carole Gallagher, New Forest District Council

    - Deb Ingram, South Central Ambulance Service

    - Residents views:

    a) Trevor English, Chairman, Lyndhurst Chamber of Trade

    b) Tony Herbert, Chairman, Lyndhurst Residents Association

Appendix Two

Appendix One

Appendix Three

Appendix Four

2.30 - 3.15

Impacts unique to the New Forest

Witnesses:

    - Rachel Green, Natural England, Judy Halpin, Hampshire County Council

    - Stephen Trotter, New Forest National Park Authority

Appendix Seven

Appendix Eight

3.15 - 3.55

Current Traffic problems and highways issues in Lyndhurst, and improvements

Witnesses:

    - Stuart Jarvis and Hannah Baker, Hampshire County Council

3.55 - 4.00

Close of meeting