Welcome to the web site of Colwall Bridge Action Group
was
held in the Millennium Room on 5 May 2009. This was in fulfilment of
item one in the Risk Management section of the Report by the Director
of Environment and Culture: "Public perception of the single
way
traffic controlled option will be a major consideration and a
presentation will be made informing the parish of the negligible impact
of the traffic signals and the background in reaching the decision (for a single way highway
layout)".
Progress report 12 issued by
Herefordshire Council on 9 April 2009 announced the exhibition, 'to
give residents the opportunity to view the details of the single way
layout with traffic lights'. (Herefordshire Councillor Brian
Wilcox declined the request from
Colwall Parish Council to attend an open meeting to explain his
decision on the highway layout.)
The Progress Report also gives the remaining programme of works, said
to be on
schedule for completion by 26 June 2009, the reasons for the
delay, some questions and answers, and a Safety Notice about the
diversion routes. Read Progress
Report 12 and add your comments to the web log.
From
the Parish Council in April 2009 edition of 'The Colwall Clock'
The Parish Council is very
concerned about the safety issues
caused by the traffic lights with their proximity to the two schools
where many parents drop off and collect their children daily. The
congestion caused by these traffic lights is something which appears to
have been ignored in the decision making.
29 March 2009
John
Andrews writes:
Is
the One-way Option really safer? Have the risks been
properly assessed?
A letter embodying these problems has been sent to Cllr Wilcox with
requests to explain the Council’s actions - see my letter here.
On
reading the Safety Audit Report commissioned by the Council on
the two schemes for the bridge, it surprised me that it seemed rather
more critical of the one-way
scheme
than I
had been led to
believe
by the Council’s Progress Report 11, and
didn’t appear to condemn quite so whole-heartedly the two-way
scheme. There seem to be
significant discrepancies between the two documents. There
are,
what I consider to be, serious criticisms of the one-way scheme that
have not been reported - in particular the danger to school children
where the wide eastern footway on the bridge narrows on the north side
bridge approach, identified as Problem 2.5.2 in the Audit Report. Read
the Safety
Audit Report, or click in the section on the right to read
any of the decision documents, and judge for yourself.
I have asked Cllr Wilcox for an explanation of these apparent
discrepancies. I also asked him, question 10, to explain why
the
Council is applying A-road standards to this small B-road.
This
question has been asked of the Council before and no answer has been
forthcoming. I will let you know his response.
A copy of my letter is here.
On
23
Dec 2008 Network Rail issued the revised Programme
of works
for the bridge replacement. Weekly updates on the works are
posted at the bridge by Network Rail and are available on the
Colwall Parish Council web site
This
web site is one of the initiatives taken
by a small group of like-minded residents of Colwall, who are concerned
about
the problems associated with Colwall Railway Bridge.
The Group’s goal is to influence decision makers in any way possible in order to speedily resolve the CRISIS that exists in Colwall caused by the deterioration of the Bridge over the railway
How can I help?You can use the Web log on this site to record incidents and join in the discussion about the bridge and its impact on the village. It will help to build up a picture of what is going on and to keep up pressure on the authorities. Click How to use the Web log to find out more.
Use Contact us for comments on the web site or anything you do not wish to publish on the Web log.
About the Bridge Action Group
The group is non-elected, and therefore non-representational. Though membership has varied, a core number has been constant over time. As a non-elected group, its activities are not political except in the sense of a commitment to influence decision makers responsible for the Bridge. We have no Party Political bias, nor agenda.
The group is clear about its place within the democratic process, and consistently keeps our locally elected body, the Parish Council, informed of our activities, through the Chair of Colwall Parish Council.