Tag Archives: Bakers Lane

Parking issues in Mile End

27th August 2019UncategorisedAnne Turrell, Bakers Lane, Bergholt Road, blockages, Boxted Road, Chesterwell, Colchester Council, David King, Martin Goss, Mile End, Myland, NEPP, North Colchester, North Essex Parking Partnership, Parking, pavement parking, Phil Coleman, Police, Resident only parking, Yellow linesMartin Goss

With the General Hospital, main line station and a professional football club in the ward there are challenges with parking.

We meet regularly with the hospital estate managers who assure us they want to be good neighbours and are looking at travel plans for their employees to stop parking on nearby residential areas.

We have been contacted by residents on a number of developments asking for restrictions to be put in place. For this to happen the road or area would need support from 75% of residents before the plan could go forward to North Essex Parking Partnership for consideration.

We are happy to facilitate this but to date most residents do not favour restrictions. We would ask that drivers park considerately and any poor or dangerous parking is reported.

Dangerous parking or blocking the path can be reported to police on 101, all other issues can be reported to NEEP on 01206 282316.

Reporting crime in Mile End

23rd October 2017UncategorisedAnne Turrell, Bakers Lane, Bergholt Road, Braiswick, Braiwick Park, Chesterwell, Colchester, David King, Dominic Graham, Mile End, Mile End Road, Myland, New Braiswick Park, North Station, Northern Approach Road, Northfields, Phil Coleman, Rosewood, Severalls hopsital, Tufnell WayMartin Goss

Colchester’s new Chief Inspector Shaun Kane will be introducing new initiatives to stamp out low-level crime.

When asked by Cllr Coleman at a recent Scrutiny meeting about the non emergency number 101 he made it clear that ALL crimes should be reported.

All reported crimes are recorded and whilst police resources are limited these reports will create a picture of what action is needed in areas of the borough. He made it clear that it was his priority to make communities safe and will be deploying officers where they are needed based on community feedback.

Please report all crimes such as AntiSocial Behaviour, dangerous parking, theft etc on 101.

Highways update

29th June 2016HighwaysAnne Turrell, Bakers Lane, Bergholt Road, Braiswick, Bushes, Colchester, Dominic Graham, Essex County Council, Highway obstruction, Kingswood Road, Martin Goss, Mile End, Mill Road, Myland, North Colchester, Pavements, Phil Coleman, Turner RoadMartin Goss

Roads update

County Councillor Anne Turrell has escalated the disgraceful state of Bergholt Road (which potentially will get some resurfacing in 2017/18), Turner Road (which currently has structural issues Essex County Council are trying to address), Kingswood Road and Mill Road. Bakers Lane is also due to be resurfaced this year.

If you have any road condition concerns, please let us know.

Overgrown bushes

A reminder that bushes and vegetation must be kept cut back to the boundary of your property. There are quite a number of areas where pavements are blocked by overgrown trees and bushes which get reported to Essex County Council (ECC).

ECC if forced to cut back private vegetation can charge costs back to the house owner.

If there are any other issues we can assist with, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Anne Turrell, Phil Coleman, Dominic Graham & Martin Goss

Mile End Team

Mile End Highway updates

2nd May 2016Cycle LaneAnne Turrell, Bakers Lane, Bergholt Road, Braiswick, Dominic Graham, Martin Goss, Mile End, Mile End Lib Dems, Mile End Road, North Colchester, Northfields, Phil Coleman, Turner RoadMartin Goss

Turner Road sinking

As you may have seen Turner Road is sinking in places and each time road repairs are undertaken by Essex County Council (ECC) they simply fail. Following our complaints ECC have now agreed to undertake an investigation to find the cause of the issues and implement a long term solution. We will update you once we have further details.

Bakers Lane & Bergholt Road

Essex County Council have confirmed that Bakers Lane will undergo some partial resurfacing this financial year (2016/17) and we are awaiting to see if Bergholt Road has made it to the list.

Mile End Road cycle lane

You may have noticed work starting on the £750,000 Mile End Road cycle lane by Essex County Council. To be clear, we have objected to this project when we first found out about it and have supported a formal complaint made by the Colchester Cycling campaigners as they don’t support the project either.

We have asked ECC to replace all trees which have been removed and also suggested places where further trees should be put in along Mile End Road. The pinch point at the bottom of Mile End Road is also not yet resolved and we are pushing for ECC to share the designs for this area.

Martin Goss, Dominic Graham, Phil Coleman & Anne Turrell