This week the Northern District Times carried the letter from Michael Stove of the Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust on the issue of Transurban's intentions for the road bridge over the M2 between Murray Farm Road and Beecroft Road.
The article includes statements which could imply BCCT and I have over-reacted. But the statements are so ambiguous it shows there is a very real danger that we are right to be very concerned.
One statement is, "Transurban advises the start of major work is expected to commence in late 2010 and take two years to complete. It will be at least six months before a replacement bridge is constructed." Careful reading shows this to be pretty meaningless. It could mean "no action on the bridge is intended for six months", or it could mean that the old bridge will be demolished in January and could take a year or more to be replaced. We need to know which is closest to the truth in order that we can decide what protest action, if any, is appropriate.
The Transurban spokesman then said "no final decision had been made about whether the bridge would be reduced to one lane during upgrades." Does that mean the very worst proposal is to close one lane for some of the two years? If so, I don't have any big concern about that. Their Upgrade Environmental Assessment planning document said they had to "lengthen the bridge spans", which clearly might involve some disruption to traffic on the bridge. But I have been unable to find any hint in the UAE that this would involve significant disruption over a significant time.
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