The pub manager says the removal of the trees to make way for a path has "ruined" the area.
Residents are sharing their thoughts on whether the large road would be good or bad for the county.
Police are appealing for information following the fire, which destroyed the phone box and books.
Gavin Douglas, 47, died in a single vehicle crash on the B1077 near Witnesham, Suffolk, on 27 May.
Police want to speak to a Mercedes driver who was also on the B1077 near Ipswich.
