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Waddington Parish Public
Meeting - 27 Jun 2006
BBEG attend the
Waddington Parish Public Meeting in support of our colleagues
at WASBO (Waddington Against the [Lincoln] Southern Bypass Option)
DID WE WITNESS MARTIN HILL LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC
OF WADDINGTON?
He agrees to carry out further comparative investigations
on the John Marriott 'Option 3' route ...
Members of the BBEG attended the meeting held on 27th
June 2006 at 7.30pm in Waddington Village Hall to support
our colleagues at Waddington, in trying to get Lincolnshire
County Council to listen to voices of reason.
Robert Fisher and Ted Brooks from the BBEG were also
accompanied by Jan Parkin of the BBPG to hear the views
of the elected Councillor for Waddington, Cllr Christine
Talbot, differ from those Executive Councillors who
are trying to press ahead with Option 2C - the Lincoln
Southern bypass route destined to go right through Waddington
village.
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A packed village hall at Waddington
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The meeting was attended by Cllr Martin Hill,
Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, together with Cllr William
Webb, Executive Member for Highways, Richard Wills, LCC Director
of Development, Cllr Christine Talbot LCC Councillor for Waddington,
and associated transport and legal staff including Andrew Finch
of Jacobs Babtie and John Whylde Project Manager LSB. Staff
from RAF Waddington also attended, and confirmed that they have
"no formal objection" to whichever route LCC choose,
but did add later in the meeting in response to a question from
the public that "the route through Waddington was their
least preferred choice".
Lincolnshire County Council representatives hear the views
of the public once again |
A lot of questions and comments were put to Lincolnshire
County Council including issues such as "quality
of life in Waddington", subsidence of properties
in the area if the hill is drained and the placement
of reports on the LCC website PRIOR to any public consultation
to allow enough time to prepare any questions that may
arise.
Lincolnshire County Council made comments which included
that Boston's case was different as LCC have never applied
for funding for a bypass, a discretionary purchase policy
has to be in place before the preferred route is declared
(which will have implications and repercussions elsewhere
too), the bypass "might never happen" but
if it does the preferred route seems to be through Waddington
and a statement that the Government requires "different
transport solutions" to be investigated if only
one route is put forward, rather than investigating
different routes.
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Robert Fisher stated that Cllr Christine Talbot
was elected by the people of Waddington to represent them and
it was clear that she was against the suggested route through
Waddington. Robert commented that Cllr Webb had stated several
times during the evening that the LCC Executive were the ones
who made the decisions and asked, that since we live in a democracy,
who appointed the membership of the Executive? Cllr Hill confirmed
that, in the same way that the Prime Minister appoints a Cabinet,
he, as Leader, was the one who appointed Councillors to the
Executive.
Increasing calls from the public led to Martin Hill
agreeing to investigate further the comparisons suggested
at the meeting.
The discretionary purchase policy is due to go to the
Highways PDG meeting in September 2006 in preparation
for yet another Executive decision.
July sees the long awaited public consultation by Lincolnshire
County Council with the people of Boston regarding the
Transport Study findings (to be held on Saturday July
15th and Wednesday July 19th in a specially erected
marquee in the Market Place, Boston). Click
here to see the comments made by the BBEG about LCC's
public consultation in the Boston Target on 28 June
2006.
Thank you to Waddington Parish Council and WASBO for
their hospitality - you can follow their campaign in
more detail on their website: www.wasbo.org.uk
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Will further comparative investigations now be forthcoming
as stated by Cllr Martin Hill
at the meeting?
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Boston Bypass & Economic Growth Pressure Group
(BBEG)
27 June 2006
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In The News
The BBEG's comments appeared in the Boston Target again
this week under the headline "Roads study on its
way (like the town traffic, it's been held up)".
The BBEG stated, "At the public meeting held in
November 2004 about Boston's dire traffic situation,
one of the most over-whelming comments made by the public
was that something needed to be done about the number
of traffic lights in the town. Richard Wills later stated
at the meeting with the Leaders of both Councils that,
"he knows best" and "the traffic lights
are here to stay". How can one such individual
have so much authority in the County and make such a
final statement?".
28 June 2006
Read
the article ...
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Observations of a Coach Driver
Ted Brooks states, "Lincolnshire is
the worst county that I drive in and I have lived there
all my life ... There is very little chance to overtake
safely. Even some existing wider roads are being made
single file by planting concrete kerbs and bollards
in the middle of the road. Is that safer?"
"What Lincoln wants, Lincoln gets. What Boston needs, Lincoln forgets."
More ...
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