We’ve heard today that? the County Council has given the go-ahead? for a pedestrian crossing in Hullbridge Road at Lubards Farm!
This is something we’ve been campaigning for. Approval has been given and finance has been allocated. However? it still has to be designed. So don’t expect anything to arrive soon.
We’d like to thank:-
- Everyone who signed the petition – and helped organise it – including two ladies called Jane and Jo.
- all the other? councillors on the Highways Panel who supported us. Conservatives over a 12 month period and mostly Conservatives but also a Green and a UKIP at the very last meeting.
- the council officers involved , for giving this careful consideration.
This wasn’t an easy thing to achieve (and we won’t open the champagne until it’s actually installed).? It didn’t meet normal criteria and we had to get the panel to make this their main spending item for last year. Incidentally this comes from a budget completely separate from highways maintenance.
But it proves that Local Highways Panels can work. It also shows that whatever political party you belong to , if you make a good effort as a ward councillor, you get listened to in Rochford.