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250 houses at Eastbrook, Dinas Powis.
The Welsh Government has a plan to build 8525 houses in The Vale of Glamorgan since 2016 ie the last 10 years.
They have built about 7000, but are still 1525 short of the Welsh Governments target.
So far, the houses they have built have introduced 14000 new adult residents to the Vale. If we guess one child per house , then that's 3500 children so that's 17,500 people. All requiring schools, doctors etc.
Has anything been done to increase surgery places or schools places?
As far as Eastbrook is concerned, 250 houses means 500 cars, 500 adults, and if we assume 1 child per household, 250 more school places What is planned to cover extra surgery space, or schools space?
On the diagram there is a drainage feature. This looks like a lake. Hopefully not filled by the nearby Eastbrook Stream, which all locals know runs into the Cadoxton River, a main cause of flooding in the village already.
To think you can reduce flooding down river by putting a lake right by these new houses, may work on a computer plan, but in reality it will cause problems, as the small lake on the Cross Common development did, I think , in it's first year.
Most people would not invest their hard earned cash in any house built near a water source liable to flooding.
Access to this new site is from 2 roads between the Swan bend and the Harriers lights. To call one a secondary entrance is clearly an attempt to pull the wool over the public's eyes.
We know car users will use both , and regularly, because the traffic along Cardiff Road, in both rush hours, and indeed during the day , is crawling along at a snails pace, due the amount of housing already built in the Vale, and lack of any new road infrastructure, or repair to the existing worn out roads. due to the anti- motorist policy of the Welsh Government..
Most of these drivers are trying to get to Cardiff, which is where most employment is.
Experience of normal resident like me shows it will cause further chaos, to a poorly managed and maintained road system, which is deteriorating daily, due lack of investment in the road system due to the Welsh Government's anti motorist policy.
My Road enters onto Cardiff Road from St Davids Avenue. The traffic is already so congested, that to turn right towards Barry, I do not bother., I turn left along Cardiff Road and immediately turn right into Brookside, where I 3 point turn, back onto Cardiff Road,. because, on Cardiff Road there is a small DO NOT ENTER box, so other cars have to leave a gap. NO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON CARDIFF ROAD AT PRESENT THEN !!!!! . Over the years , nothing has been done to improve access by road to Cardiff, due to political decisions made by the Welsh Government. This is due to our Welsh Governments anti motorist policy. Their intention is to force drivers onto buses and trains. BUT, unfortunately they haven't improved these services either. !! They state they must build near a railway station, but has any of these planners actually tried to get on a Cardiff bound train at 8am, at Eastbrook. Of course they have not. The trains arriving are usually full after already picking up at Barry stations en route. It's like playing sardines!!
Perhaps they can explain to all of the residents of Dinas how to get to Heath Hospital on time for a 9am appointment using trains or buses
There are only 3 main road routes from the Vale into Cardiff. Port Road, Cardiff Road, and Pen Yr Turnpike Road which we know is not a road, just a heavily overused lane.
All these roads are rammed with traffic every rush hour, and are very busy during the rest of the day. One fallen tree on the Turnpike closed the road last month and chaos ensued.
ALL THESE ROADS ARE FALLING APART DUE TO NEGLECT, by The Vale Council and our Welsh Government. Does anyone think that another 500 cars entering onto Cardiff Road in rush hour will have little or no impact on our villages existing traffic problems Let alone the chaos caused by construction traffic over the housing development period.
How many of these house will housing association, for LOCALS to live in How many will be HELP TO BUY for LOCALS trying to get on the housing ladder
Is it just me, but at the moment, in the existing housing climate, who will buy these houses, and if so will they be BOUGHT TO LET as happened to a lot of housing of the Barry Dock development.
Finally, does anyone really believe that this Welsh Government will survive in anything like its current form after the May election?
