Traffic & Public Rights of Way Construction will take around nine months , with over 2,500 HGV movements on narrow , unlit rural lanes. These lanes are not designed for such traffic and pose a risk to walkers, cyclists, and horse riders . Public footpaths will become uninviting, hemmed in by fences and surveillance cameras , with walkers also subjected to the constant hum of inverters carrying across the quiet countryside. The development still fails to enhance or protect the experience of walkers, cyclists, and equestrians using the extensive local public rights of way network. The industrialisation of open fields will erode the rural character of these routes, discouraging their use 27