Hundreds of letters go in over BRT plan
Hundreds of people are also lodging online objections to the Bus Rapid Transit scheme proposed by Bath and North East Somerset Council.
It is part of the authority's Bath Transportation Package, which aims to tackle the city's congestion and pollution problems.
But the Respone2Route pressure group says the scheme to link park and ride sites at Newbridge and Bathampton - which will include a dedicated bus lane along a disused railway line in Newbridge - will be a waste of money.
It also says the route will destroy a wildlife corridor and have an intrusive impact on homes.
Spokewoman Jo McCarron said: "Our view remains that the plan has been developed without any consideration of Newbridge and Lower Weston as a real place where real people live. The plan takes an aerial view and approaches the problem as a technical or engineering issue."
Mrs McCarron said the BRT would turn a "green corridor" into a "predominantly industrial area."
The scheme also relies on the expansion of the Newbridge Park and Ride site, which resdients say will be environmentally damaging.
They have paid for a Bath FM radio advert to publicise the need for people to comment on the applications, details of which can be found on the major developments and special projects section of the council's website - www.bathnes.gov.uk
The council says its proposals will tackle the congestion problems caused by the 27,000 people who travel in and out of Bath by car for work every day.
It says the volume of cars travelling through the city centre during rush hour periods will go up by 14 per cent in the next ten years if nothing is done.
And it has rejected the idea of routing BRT buses along either the Lower Bristol or Upper Bristol roads.
Either option, it says, would increase the expense and the number of homes and businesses affected.
It also says that the Government funding which will pay for most of the work will disappear if the BRT route is changed.
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