A study has found that the traffic issues around a busy junction could have a major effect on people's lives
Calls to upgrade a notorious junction on the M1 have resurfaced after new data showed the impact it was having on people who live near the site. The Midlands Connect transport body – which helps to develop transport projects – has claimed that residents in the Bolsover district and the area around Junction 28, of the M1 motorway, at South Normanton , near Alfreton , are living with a high risk of transport issues affecting their lives.
Labour MP Ms Fleet – who was recently appointed Parliamentary Champion for Junction 28 by Midlands Connect – said “I’m shocked by these figures, but sadly not surprised. So many people tell me how difficult it is to travel around our area, and the impact this has on their lives – one of the reasons I was so keen to take up the role of Parliamentary Champion for Junction 28.
Bolsover district ranks as number two out of 296 Local Authority districts for the overall level of TRSE risk, according to Midlands Connect’s analysis, and the district’s Pinxton, South Normanton and Broadmeadows areas are among the top 10 per cent of England’s council wards at risk from Transport Related Social Exclusion.
Consumer research conducted by Midlands Connect in 2022 also showed 82 per cent of residents surveyed in the districts of Bolsover and Ashfield would support improvements to upgrade Junction 28 of the M1 in Derbyshire. Swati Mittal, of the Midlands Connect Integrated Transport Programme, said: “These new figures are yet more evidence of how we need to upgrade Junction 28 and unlock the road network in and around South Normanton and Pinxton.
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