Forum for residents of St Georges Park and Long Leys Road Lincoln

[Robert Parker]

Because of the icy weather in the last couple of days I have received a number of phone calls about problems on Carram Way, I understand there have been accidents on the bend and I have received requests for the highways department of the county council to grit and salt that road.

I have spoken to a senior highway officer who told me that at this stage in the winter there is no spare capacity to treat off the current gritting network because the gritter fleet is fully committed treating the priority gritting network.

The Lincolnshire County Council and the Highways Agency carry out precautionary salting on 3081km (1914 miles) of the county’s 8800km (5468 miles) of highways. Whilst not every road in the county can be gritted, over 35% of Lincolnshire’s roads are treated - which is higher than Government expectations. 43 priority network routes are covered - including all A and B roads - using our full complement of 43 vehicles. Therefore all resources are concentrated to keep this treated network passable with care.

The gritting schedule for this winter was agreed by the County Council in July and I am told that no amendments can be made in the current year. We did agree that every effort would be made for Carram Way to be included in next year’s schedule. But before that we have to deal with the added complication that Carram Way is still in the ownership of the developers and is not due to be adopted until next year. The Highways Officer I spoke to assures me that he will push for Carram Way to be on the advanced gritting route after adoption.

I intend to work with Highway officers and the developers to ensure that there is no further delay in the adoption of roads on St George’s Development.

[deb]

Robert, this was posted August 6 by Lizzie Wood:
"Just to keep you informed i spoke to Karen Glynn from Persimmons on Tuesday regarding the state of the roads on Madden Close & surrounding areas, Karen assures me that in the next week the drain covers are going to be raised then Anglian Water will view the state of the drains & if all approved work should start in 3 months on all areas at the same time."

Any extra pressure you can put on Persimmons would be more than welcome. These roads haven't even
been completed yet so are a long way from adoption. This includes the roads around Dorrigan and those around Benbow. The roads aren't the only problem - have you seen the verge on Carram by 'Utopia'?! 'Utopia' itself was supposed to have landscaping too but Persimmons simply 'did up' the front where their sales suite was and though they continue to maintain that nicely, everything hidden behind is ignored.

[cl12]

I was on the phone to Persimmon the other day. They told me that everything had been approved with Anglian water and the Council has signed the work off. It has gone out to tender and work should start in January....we will see!!! They acknowledged the state of the kerbs and that they would all have to be replaced. Fingers crossed!

[tonyandcarol]

Would a container containing road salt at the junction of Carram and Berillion drive be a good idea. I personally would spread it.if we can get dog pooh bins i think one of these should be no problem to the highway dept. it is as or even more important.

[SteveW]

It would be nice if some drivers did their bit by:

SLOWING DOWN

[JT]

The bus was going slowly down Carram Way the other morning - although it was going sideways.