As EDDC, Exeter City Council and the LEP pursue their push for economic growth and housing provision, our local infrastructure is already showing signs of strain. Traffic increases inexorably along the A3052, with no improvements to the road scheduled for the foreseeable future.

There have always been traffic jams during rush-hour on the approaches to the Sandygate roundabout, but a comparatively new phenomenon is the enormous queues leading back along the A3052 from the Clyst St Mary roundabout. Three-mile tailbacks to Greendale are now commonplace.

The problem is caused by increased traffic from the Sidmouth direction, that is unable to access the roundabout due to large numbers of commuters coming into and out of Exeter and turning right towards Exmouth.

By 2030, East Devon may well have an additional 40-50,000 residents, and Exeter will have also grown considerably, with traffic on the M5 also having increased. Nearly all commuters will drive cars. Yet the authorities, and the LEP, with their ambitious targets for growth, appear to have no proposals for road improvements in our area whatsoever.