Please find a collection of information below in regards to the Northern Bypass proposal:
- Our top 10 reasons against the Northern Bypass. 10 Reasons to Oppose
- Ipswich Northern Bypass Consultation Report. See the report
- Write to your local County Councillor Matthew Hicks expressing your opposition. Use our draft letter
- Impact of Road Projects in England 2017. This detailed study shows how previously built roads/ bypasses actually increase traffic and CO2 emissions and have significant negative impact on the surroundings with only 1 in 5 having any economic impact.
- Trojan horse for a new town of 20k+ homes north of Ipswich. This study is the basis of Suffolk County Council’s report, the scope is not looking at an integrated and sustainable transportation policy for Ipswich and Suffolk – just an Ipswich Northern Route and it was commissioned by Kier an infrastructure and house building company. Sections 2.4.1 to 2.4.7 confirms MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Dan Poulter’s comments that the proposal is a Trojan horse for a new town of 20k+ homes north of Ipswich.
- Detailed OS map of the proposed INR routes. See map here.
- Bruce Bamber from Railton has worked on numerous road schemes across the country and is an expert in this field. His report is extremely damning of the entire Ipswich Northern Bypass consultation and will be part of the basis for our legal challenge Please read the report here.
- Start! Moving Ipswich as seen in the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star . Please read the article here.
- Start! research paper on proposals and ideas for getting Ipswich moving. Click here to read
- SCC Consultation Results and Strategic Outline Business Case
- Statement from the Leader of East Suffolk Council, Cllr Steve Gallant
- East Anglian Daily Times - East Suffolk & Mid-Suffolk Withdraw Support for INR
- East Anglian Daily Times - John Ward, Babergh District Council Leader States "All things considered, I accept that the Ipswich Northern Route project should not go ahead"
- ***Breaking News*** from East Anglian Daily Times - Northern Bypass Works Officially Ceases
- INR - Leaders Responses to the publishing of the Strategic Outline Business Case. Please read the article here
- ***Finally, the official rejection of the Bypass proposals by SCC Cabinet Members - Click here to watch the SCC Cabinet meeting ***
- Start! Moving Ipswich - Full list of 148 priority cycle schemes unveiled for Suffolk. Click here to read
- Local authorities will be given the power to use CCTV to fine drivers who misuse mandatory cycle lanes, the Government has announced. Find out more by reading the article, click here
Click Below to Listen to interviews with Matthew Hicks, followed by our very own Nick Green on BBC Radio Suffolk 28.01.20
Click Below to Listen to an interview with Foz & Nick Green on BBC Radio Suffolk 30.01.20
Print our new Start! Moving Ipswich poster
**NEW** Campaign Posters – Start! Moving Ipswich Poster
Purchase a Stop! T-Shirt or Banner
Email the team at stopbypass@gmail.com with your request, full name, address and a contact telephone number. We will telephone to arrange delivery/collection of your purchase. Please remember to state what size/s you need when ordering t-shirts (£10 each). The Banners measure 1.5m x 0.5m and cost £37.50. Payment can be made via Paypal on our Donate page or by BACS – Royal Bank of Scotland, Account Name: Stopipswichnorthernbypass, Sort Code: 16-24-48 Account Number: 10858881
Print out a paper Petition and get signatures
Not everyone has or wants to be online. Use our paper petition and go around your area raising awareness and getting signatures against the proposal. It is important that when you have finished collecting signatures or have completed a whole page (whichever happens first) – that you return the signed petitions back to Lowood, Mill Lane, Hasketon, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 6JL at your earliest opportunity so that we can keep our database updated as we go along.Stop! Paper Petition
Contact info for key Officials, MPs etc.
Send your letters/emails expressing your views, concerns or complaints in relation to the Bypass Proposal to Local Councils, Councillors, MP’s and MEP’s.Official Individual Contact List You can also view our interactive map here showing who you need to write to for your area. Search your village and look at the details to the left of the page.
Volunteer for Stop! or Start!
The list below sets out the sub committees and chairs email addresses. Please feel free to make contact directly, share ideas and offer your help.
Funding – Gerard Pearce – funding.stopbypass@gmail.com
Research – research.stopbypass@gmail.
Events – events.stopbypass@gmail.com
Stakeholder engagement – Libby Wilson Smith – stakeholders.stopbypass@
Door to door campaigning – Shane Hines – doortodoor.stopbypass@gmail.
General queries
Stop! – stopbypass@gmail.com
Start! – startmovingipswich@gmail.com