Shared Space

With the failure of both Wiltshire and BANES to repair the damage to Staples Hill caused by heavy traffic - tracked vehicles weighting up to 28 tons, some of which is due to the development at Freshford Mill but which has been significantly reduced by crushing demolition waste and reusing that waste on site.  One might wonder how a proposal to spend over one million pounds on a foot bridge across the river Avon at Bradford on Avon can be justified. Staple Hill's road surface is so poor that local motorists will not position their vehicles to the left of the road unless forced to do so. Poor cyclists have no choice but to either stop or risk aggressive action by impatient motorists.

One may question whether the so called financial crisis is real when one million pound is being seriously considered in the building of a footbridge over the river Avon at Bradford on Avon when basic road maintenance is being ignored. It seems to me that what we have to contend with is a bunch of crooks. Who has been sacked in these banks? I may be wrong but no one!!! One neighbour has been charged over £180 for being overdrawn. I'd sooner have government restored to the monarchy rather than this lot.