Friday 20 September 2013

BOOTHS LANE NEEDS TO BE RE- OPENDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

The Persimmons Housing development in Booths Lane has led to the long time closure of Booths Lane in the middle leaving many frustrated residents having to double their journey times in many cases and getting "stuck" in heavy traffic at the Scott Junction and at the Old Horns island. With the winter fast approaching this situation will be made even worse.

Persimmons the developers  have told a number of residents there will be no reopening of the middle section of Booths Lane for over a year do to construction and health and safety reasons.

I am in touch with Persimmons, the Health and Safety department, Transportation department and the Planning department to see if anything can be done to speed up the re-opening process. A senior official from the Persimmons site has already told me he will look into the situation and do what he can to speed up the process.
Many of the new houses on the site are approaching the time when they will be completed and hopefully the quicker they are build and sold the quicker the road will re open. naturally I will continue to monitor the situation and liaise with Representatives of the Oscott Residents Association who live in the area.

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