Traffic calming

How many times has this story been round the block? We have new puffs of smoke from Amey about the traffic calming. This email is to a parishioner:

I am sorry that we have not been able to proceed with this in as timely a manner as we would have wished. There are a number of reasons for this not least the difficulties of the confirmation of the funding that are now fully resolved. Additionally whilst the Cranfield scheme was on ‘on hold’ design staff have been employed on other tasks and were not able to take this up immediately the funding was resolved.

We are now however at the point where the statutory consultation is shortly to be issued. This will mean that all the elements of the scheme that require statutory consultation such as speed tables etc. will be advertised for comments and also sent to the Councils statutory consultees i.e. the bus companies, transport groups, blue light authorities etc. as well as to local Councillors.

Despite a general desire for the works locally I am expecting that this process will generate some local objections and that will require me to write and present a report to Councillor Spurr at a future Traffic Management Committee meeting where any such objections will be overruled or upheld after due consideration.

It is still my intention that this scheme be delivered in its entirety, subject to any changes required following the consultation, this financial year.

Kind Regards

Nick Chapman

Transportation Manager l Bedfordshire Highways 


So I would like to think these consultation plans will be available in September  but who knows? If it drags on and then runs into 2012-13 the banked Section 106 money will have handily sat in someone's account for another year. Next we'll find that its five years since it became available and we have missed our chance to spend it. Ho hum. 


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