One in eye for Boston mouth!

A letter in the current issue of the Boston Standard has caught the eye of by-pass campaigner Michael Borrill.
In the way that this blog represents the Boston Eye, Councillor Ray Newell represents the BBI mouth - and as a result is often writing to the local press to fight his party's corner.
His latest missive is headed "Work continues" on Boston bypass bid," and we'll let you read it on page 7 of the Standard rather than repeat it all here.
Mr Borrill e-mails Boston Eye to say:-
"I am intrigued by a letter in the Boston Standard from Councillor Ray Newell detailing work that is being carried out towards a bypass/distributor road.
"Firstly, Lincoln does not have 'several' of these roads, only one at present.
"The Lincoln Eastern is the next one to be progressed, followed by the Lincoln Southern bypass.
"As only one major scheme is usually granted in a five year period, that takes us until at least 2020 before any other scheme will be considered for Lincolnshire.
"In Parliament, when the case for a bypass was debated, following a petition presented by the Boston and District Bypass Pressure Group, the case was firmly thrown back at Lincolnshire County Council, and it is they who dictate which schemes are passed on through the channels to central government.
"Boston, I am afraid, does not have much say in the matter, which is why we hoped that when the BBI were elected a firm approach would be made to county hall.
"Unfortunately this did not happen and the opportunity was lost.
"Once the Local Development Framework (LDF) and the Coastal Strategy Reports are completed it is hoped the route of a distributor road can be quickly established.
"Unfortunately, as developer contributions are only being looked at, and a stage completion of any road is contemplated, it seems that the old Southern Link Road plans (SLR) are being assessed once again.
"It does not leave much to the imagination to consider the traffic implications at the Chain Bridge Road/Tesco/ Sleaford Road sections of this increased traffic flow over the railway level crossing if the road terminates at the Tesco roundabout.
"I wonder how Councillor Richard Austin will explain to his constituents that he is agreeing to this when he opposed the road prior to being elected to the County Council."


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