County Road North and National Avenue crossing facilities

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the corporate centre is offering resistance to local residents’ expressed wish to see improved pedestrian crossing facilities on County Road North and National Avenue.

We have received representations from local residents to the effect that they find the existing crossing provision inadequate and that they would much prefer it if in addition to the existing crossing facilities near the junction at the Bricknell Avenue end there were crossing facilities further down. We have heard back from the officers to the effect that if such a scheme were to go ahead, it would need to be paid for out of our own ward funds. Leaving aside such partisan issues as whether our budget is calculated on a fair and reasonable basis, we know that our budget is not a bottomless pit of resources and the corporate centre has more money than we do. We have therefore asked for a full explanation of the reasons for their decision and will continue to pursue this matter until it is satisfactorily resolved.