Transport Technical Paper [EXAM 114]

I am responding to the above consultation as a member of the English Regional Transport Association(ERTA),which is a voluntary membership-based, pro-public transport improvement association which, subject to resources, seeks to advance towards better public transport across the English Regions.
ERTA Website: https://www.ertarail.com
I have a few concerns about the Local Plan:
1.There are several rail aspirations that should be included in your Council's plan.
- Station at Ampthill(previous station closed some 50 years ago)on Thameslink route from Bedford-London St.Pancras-Brighton
- Extend Bedford - Bletchley service(Marston Vale line all-stations)into Milton Keynes Central
- The East-West Rail Central Section should be a physically linked railway junction with East Coast Main Line at Tempsford, not a segregated railway and station interchange which puts a time-cost barrier to through services from south of Peterborough and north of Stevenage to Bedford and beyond.
-Recycle centre at Forder's Sidings linked by rail,which could be used for cars, fridges and and all wastes including incinerator ash.

2.Prologis Park,Marston Gate(by M1 J13) - this should be rail linked for deliveries/despatches,with connections to the East-West Rail Link

3.Roads:The following proposals should not go ahead - Oxford-Cambridge Expressway and A6-M1 Link Road.They would not solve traffic problems and in fact will bring in more traffic,which would be contradictory to your Council's commitment to reduce CO2 emissions;furthermore traffic increase will in turn increase air pollution which is already at critical levels.

4.Buses:The bus shelter in Flitwick along the A5120 Ampthill Road close to the railway station and backing on to the railway line should be cleaned up and up-graded with better information with Real-Time Information(RTI) or similar, and later buses linking Flitwick station and Ampthill.