Council Take Action on Residents' suggestions

Some of the suggestions that I passed on from residents at last Thursday's public meeting have been acted on by council Highways officers.

Following the closure of Combe Road and the possibility that the road may remain closed for a period of time it is proposed to undertake the following works:
1. Make The Firs one way for traffic heading out of the village
2. Erect additional signing on Bradford Road, North Road and Ralph Allen Drive, directing traffic to the village down the Avenue
3. Provide additional signage at Summer Lane to prevent drivers heading towards Combe
Road
4. Remove most of the build outs and lines on Westerleigh Road (some will be kept)

Following further discussions with the Stone Mines Team it may be possible to reduce the length of road closed to traffic which would help parking but keep traffic away from the area where underground conditions are known to be poor.

Letters delivered to residents in the immediate area today state that "owing to the poor ground conditions it is unsafe to progress underground roadways. As a result engineers are looking at another way of getting concrete into this area without the use of a roadway. Once pouring is complete surface drilling will be done to ensure complete stabilisation of the area".

I am pleased that there seems to have been some real progress in trying to keep Combe Down functioning and to solve the underground problems, which have led to movement both above and below ground.