MP to meet with north Ipswich residents over Northern Bypass

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Patrick Spencer will host a meeting with residents in Grundisburgh on Friday, October 31 to hear views over the long-discussed project.

Since the start of the year, calls for the Northern Bypass have intensified after weeks of roadworks on the Orwell Bridge left Ipswich in gridlock over the summer.

The project would have a huge impact on the residents in the north of Ipswich, Mr Spencer's consistency, who have been against the Northern Bypass.

Mr Spencer met with residents in Tuddenham St Martin in September, where he heard arguments for and and against the bypass.

After the meeting he said: "Many of my constituents at that meeting voiced their concerns over the rationality of the project, the economic and environmental argument in favour, the impact it will have on their quality of life, and concerns over the imposition of more housing in the countryside.

"These public meetings are an opportunity for residents to make their voice heard. Too often the British public's opinion gets forgotten in these policy debates. My priority will be representing the people who elected me".