And he calls on our seven county councill members to do more to make the case for the town.
He writes:-
Dear Boston Eye
We are now fast approaching the festive season when the roads
into Boston will be increasingly congested.
Already during the last few days the tailbacks and grid locks in the usual places have been seen and the “major road improvements” due to take place have not started.
Talking to people over the last week or so the general consensus is that “we will not
get a bypass”.
This negative talk is not helping but it is understandable when no sign of any activity or lobbying from our elected representatives is seen to be taking place.
Much activity is taking place with our road infrastructure in other parts of the county, yet a Bypass for Boston is not mentioned in Local Transport Plan being prepared to take us up to 2016.
Lincoln City and Lincolnshire County Councils are now working with Network Rail to help solve the level crossing situation in the city.
This is obviously a situation which needs addressing due to the increased rail traffic which will be through Lincoln in the next few years.
There is a proposal to build a bridge over the rail crossing at Sleaford with developers contributions and Lincolnshire County Council are seeking a solution to the rail crossings in Spalding by way of a further bypass for Spalding.
So what about Boston?
Well, Lincolnshire County Council with the support of Boston Borough Council are to construct a further lane of traffic over two rail crossings in the town. Surely the answer would be for Network Rail to provide a contribution towards a bypass rather than spend monies on developing the level crossings in Boston to provide further
road capacity over the crossings, which incidentally, will not help the congestion
problems in the town.
The Local Transport Plan was on the agenda at a recent Highways meeting at County Hall, but I do not see any mention in the minutes that any of our local county councillors in attendance raised the issue about the non mention of Boston. I do respect that Councillor Ray Newell brought up Boston’s case as a recent full council
meeting but what are our other county councillors doing?
Pressure must be put upon Lincolnshire County Council, and I would like to suggest that all the Boston Borough County Councillors seek an urgent meeting with
Councillors Martin Hill and William Webb.
Party politics must not be allowed to get in the way of a solution to our town’s infrastructure problems.
Michael Borrill
Vice Chair
Boston & District Bypass
Pressure Group
Wyberton Fen
Boston
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