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Berkhamsted High St/Water Lane redevelopment Congestion and traffic problems     Water Lane is an unlovely alleyway but without it traffic from the Eastern end of the town wishing to use the car park will be forced to choose between turning right at the Kings Road traffic lights and Lower Kings Road to Greene Field Road or turning down Castle Street into Mill Street and through the middle of the Collegiate School or down Castle street, past the station and into Lower Kings Road from the northern end. The only option for large vehicles is the traffic lights because there is a narrow bend in Mill Street and a weight limit on the canal bridge in Castle Street.     Most of the people we have spoken to in our own consultation in the market in July say they would use the shortest route via the traffic lights. This will certainly greatly increase the congestion in the High Street and in Lower Kings Road.     There are times during the day when Lower Kings Road lights may have only a handful of vehicles waiting but for much of the day the queue reaches to the Waitrose entrance and in the morning, evening and school rushes the traffic backs up over the canal bridge. Before the traffic lights were altered it was common for the back up to reach past the railway station and block the exit under the Brownlow Road Bridge. To go back to such conditions would be intolerable.     Some form of road access from the High Street is essential to prevent the town from becoming damagingly congested                                     * * * * *                Traffic in Greene Field Road