Towcester continues to suffer without a bypass.

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 13th Apr 2009

An example of the traffic chaos facing Towcester

Again recently Towcester found itself cut off again as traffic was re routed from the M1 through the town.

With the massive planned expansion of Towcester over coming years it is clear that the proposed single lane bypass around the edge of the town, connecting the A5 with the A43, will not as a single lane road cope with the levels of traffic we are now seeing on a more and more regular basis.

Martin Johns commenting on the plans said "The current planned by pass seems to be little more than a glorified estate road. The number of roundabouts that HGV's would have to negotiate will make it unpopular with the very form of transport we most need to move out of the town"

The Liberal Democrats across Britain and locally are calling the Government the Government to scrap the obscene and damaging housing targets that no longer bare any resemblance to a realistic future in the current economic climate."We need increased housing and for Towcester to thrive it needs to expand but it should be natural growth not enforced targets to suit Labour grand social engineering targets supported by the Conservatives" said Scott Collins