Aneurin Bevan Lodge travellers

John Fareham and John Abbott have been told they have secured the removal of the unauthorised traveller encampment on the former Aneurin Bevan Lodge site on Hotham Road North.

Having been tipped off by local residents that they were arriving, we went to see for ourselves. We found several caravans already on site with the accompanying towing vehicles and a petrol generator already in use.  Others were expected to arrive and indeed arrived later. We  therefore  notified the police, since the travellers appear to have gained entry to the site by force, and  notified officers of the Council. We were told the necessary steps would be taken to get court action to shift the travellers. On the evening following their arrival, the travellers were served with Section 77 notices to leave by 9 am Monday morning. If they haven’t gone by then, the Council will go back to court to ask for permission to evict them. In the longer term it is of course for our local MP to press for improved powers to deal with such situations as this.

County Road flyover - reopening date

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the County Road North flyover will reopen on Monday October 15^th.

The original date for reopening was to have been November 11th, but now that the officers think that enough work has been done to make the bridge safe they have, as we previously reported, been looking at ways of doing the rest of the work while the flyover reopens. There will however be temporary traffic lights to ensure the safety of those continuing to work on the underside of the bridge by guaranteeing controlled two-way traffic.  We thought it a good idea to pass on this information as soon as possible, as we know these works have been a problem for local residents, but at least now there is light at the end of the tunnel.

County Road flyover reopening

John Fareham and John Abbott have news regarding the likely reopening date of County Road North being earlier than at first anticipated.

We have had concerns about the duration of the work and the effect on traffic raised by local residents and even by our colleagues across the Hull-Cottingham boundary. We are therefore pleased to announce that we have been told by the officers that the damaged concrete has now been removed from the flyover. This not only gave the engineers a rough idea of how much work needed to be done but also ideas as to how, albeit at increased cost, they could arrange for some of the repairs to be done with the bridge re-opened to traffic.  As a result the flyover is expected to be open to traffic again by around 13/14 October.