As you know, councillors were very concerned that a number of major roads would be closed at the same time during the energy project works.
County Cllr Roz Smith took up cudgels on our behalf and has received the following welcome news from the County Council:
After discussing at length there will not be two sets of traffic lights at the same time on Old rd and London rd, however to avoid using three way lights on London rd we will use two way lights when Latimer Road is closed. We have been in contact and had meetings with Vital Energi (contractors for the project) and we are in contact with them on daily basis.
So – if the County are in contact with Vital Energi on a daily basis, when are they going to talk to the community?
I expect that they assume they understand everything without further reference to people who live and work in the area – but what if we could help make the plan better?
We have managed to persuade the County not to allow three roads to close at once, so there is clearly still room for manoeuvre Mike. The Q&As are interesting – particularly the answer about emergency vehicles accessing patients. There are a lot of trees along some of our Highfield pavements R