Tag Archives: Mile End Road

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

Mile End Road cycle lane update

26th February 2016Cycle LaneAnne Turrell, Braiswick, Colchester, Cycle Lane, Dominic Graham, Essex County Council, Martin Goss, Mile End, Mile End Road, North Colchester, Phil ColemanMartin Goss

We have been working hard on your behalf to raise all of the concerns directly to Essex County Council about the cycle lane. The latest design proposes the lane will only be down the west side of the road (odd numbers) rather than split as per the previous design.

The latest proposals from Essex County Council can be seen below in 4 PDF documents below:

PDF1 PDF2 PDF3 PDF4

Work to remove trees will begin on 2nd March on the east side of the road (even numbers) and these trees will be replaced later in the year.

Work on the cycle lane will begin on 7th March and residents may be directly affected by the works. Some driveway access may become blocked or parking inaccessible. Essex County Council have assured us they will write to residents directly.

We must be clear that we are not in support of this cycle lane whatsoever, have never requested it and believe the funding could be better spend on other cycling projects in our area. However, Government have given the £750k of funding to Essex County Council for this specific project and therefore they must spend it only on this project.

If you have any queries or concerns regarding this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Kind regards

Martin Goss Dominic Graham Phil Coleman Anne Turrell

Clean for the Queen in Mile End

2nd February 2016LitterpickAnne Turrell, Asda, Bardsley Close, Bergholt Road, Bolsin Drive, Bradford Drive, Braiswick, Cambie Crescent, Clean for the Queen, Colchester, Dickenson Road, Dominic Graham, Groves Close, Hakewill Way, Hutley Drive, Knevett Close, Litter, Litterpick, Martin Goss, Mile End, Mile End Road, Mill Road, North Colchester, North Station, Northern Approach Road, Northern Approaches, Northfields, Orrin Walk, Peto Ave, Phil Coleman, Prior Way, Queen, Queen Boudica, Queen Elizabeth, Road sweeper, Shepherd Drive, Stevens Close, Tranter Drive, Tufnell Way, Turner Rise, Turner Road, Wallace Road, Zone teamMartin Goss

We have been working with Asda to come up with a Clean for the Queen event in Mile End. March 5th has been suggested as the date we aim to make Mile End even more sparkling!

Currently we are proposing to clean the North Station, Northern Approaches, Bergholt Road area, Turner Rise and Turner Road areas as these are close to the store and are also areas where litter does accumulate. We are happy to go further afield with more volunteers.

We would very much like to involve local residents so if you can spare some time on March 5th, please let us know.

Martin Goss, Dominic Graham, Phil Coleman & Anne Turrell