Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Frequently Asked Questions: Better Southend

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Better Southend FAQs

Q: Better Southend: What is the council doing?

Q: Better Southend: Why is the council doing this work?

Q: Better Southend: Why now?

Q: Better Southend: Why are you doing all four projects at once?

Q: Better Southend: There are other junctions that need improving that aren’t spread across the borough – why not take a more targeted approach?

Q: Better Southend: It’s going to be chaos isn’t it?

Answer:

Southend is growing and doing nothing is not an option. Removing delays and making journey times more reliable across the town are key to unlocking the potential of our local economy. There is bound to be some short term pain while we fix this. It is estimated that improvements to Cuckoo Corner alone will save drivers more than 400 hours per day in wasted queuing time.

Q: Better Southend: How much is this costing Southend’s Council Tax payers?

Q: Better Southend: What do you say to businesses and residents who say the town and businesses will be damaged by all this upheaval?

Q: Better Southend: How will residents, businesses and visitors benefit from all of this work?

Q: Better Southend: Who will you be trying to reach with this communications campaign?

Q: Better Southend: Where can I find plans and pictures of the schemes?

Q: Better Southend: How will it affect the travelling public?

Q: Better Southend: How will it affect businesses?

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