Roger Symonds and Cherry Beath

We walked around Combe Down with a highways officer on Wednesday 24th June to look at what needs to be done jointly by highways and the Stone Mines Project before the Project finishes at the end of the year.  It is only fair that the damage to roads and pavements during the Project should be paid for by the Project.  The following repairs and removals were identified and also some ongoing issues of safety and congestion were also highlighted:

1. Resurfacing/patching roads and pavements – Combe Road/Westerleigh Road/Church Road/Tyning Road/North Road/Belmont Road
2. Repair and paint railings at junction of Westerleigh Road and Combe Road
3. Cars parked on pavements – Tyning Road/Westerleigh Road
4. Bollard replacement needed in The Firs
5. Mini Roundabout at junction of Ralph Allen Drive and North Road
6. Zebra Crossing to the east of Ralph Allen Drive/North Road junction
7. Remove redundant posts and signs – Combe Road, Church Road, Westerleigh Road/Queens Drive (see photograph above)
8. Extend footpath at junction of the Avenue and Church Road – make safer crossing for children
9. Extend two hour parking zone in The Avenue by 30 metres – once ‘temporary’ yellow lines are removed
10. Trim hedges – North Road and Church Road
11. Cut trees in North Road and Hawthorn Grove – obscuring light, belisha beacon and bus stop sign

The resurfacing of The Firs has not been included, because it will be consulted on, along with the proposals for a new wall in August/September.  Please let us know if you think we have missed anything.