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Mr. W - Boston |
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Sunday, May 6, 2007 Entry Ref: V12 |
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Congratulations on your council victory, i hope now you will try to address some of the problems that contribute to Boston's traffic problems. Firstly cars blocking the box junction on the new bridge, also drivers that use the ATS round-about as a means of jumping the queues trying to get into town, by coming up the inside lane as if to go right towards Somerfield then going right round and cutting in to go straight ahead into town. This is also dangerous as is blocking box junctions,also i believe illegal. I have contacted our MP about this problem also the Chief Inspector who seem reluctant to do anything about this problem. Lets hope that the newly elected Boston Bypass Group WILL do something Regards M.W.; |
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Mr. W. - Leeds |
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Sunday, May 6, 2007 Entry Ref: V11 |
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While I congratulate your success, I would much rather you had an integrated trasport scheme in Boston than a new bypass, which all too often does not resolve the problem. It is healthy however to see differing political views become prevalent!
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Mr. B. - Boston |
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Sunday, May 6, 2007 Entry Ref: V10 |
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Congratulations! Well done ! Mission accomplished ! ?? Not quite. Mandate to embark upon mission more like. Hopefully this is just the shot in the arm Boston needs. I know there are no end of things to do in the running of the borough but don't use that as an excuse. Highways will have to sit up and take notice now. Please don't fail us.; |
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Mr. M. - Boston |
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 Entry Ref: V9 |
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As I cycle to work I look at all the cars,most with their chokes still on and with only one occupant. I realise how lazy our society has become. Many of these would get to their destination more quickly if they got off their fat backsides and biked. Also, as has been proved in sucessful trials in Europe, by substituting endless traffic lights with "cooperation junctions" ,congestion and conflict are both substantially reduced. I agree that someone long ago decided Boston was not to get a bypass, but I believe that times have changed. At present the situation is self controlled: at saturation point people start to walk/cycle/stay at home/share/change times etc. Build a bypass and it simply raises the saturation point. I believe that the times when we all assume the right to drive whereever and whenever we please are ending and that it is time for attitudes to change.; |
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Mr. B - Boston |
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 Entry Ref: V8 |
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I heard recently that if you are elected you plan to stop the " stop gap " funding to make a few improvements to existing roads. A widening of the crossing at West Street to allow traffic to flow along Sleaford Road would go a long way towards easing the congestion ahead of the long awaited bypass which will take several years yet to plan let alone complete. Other improvements would be useful too , such as altering the phasing of pedestrian lights. At several junctions around town all four road lights turn red to allow for pedestrians to cross. This means that at jucntions like Brothertoft / Sleaford roads and Norfolk Street / Tawney street most of the time traffic sits still for no good reason. Wide Bargate / Tawney Street is often not as busy with pedestrians as you would think. Even if it is only 10 seconds every two minutes that can add up to several hours a day when nothing moves. If these junctions were pedestrian demand the only thing we need to bother about is the odd child who presses the button for fun.; |
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Miss S. B. - London |
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Friday, April 13, 2007 Entry Ref: V7 |
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I left Boston 6 years ago but still visit often to see family. It never ceases to amaze me how much traffic there is and when I get picked up from the train stn the conversation all the way home is about the traffic. Good luck with the campaign...fingers crossed.; |
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Mr. S.R London |
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Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entry Ref: V6 |
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I moved away from Boston in 1996 and remember even then there had been many years of bypass discussion to no avail (I think LCC is only interested in Lincoln). I think the plan for the west/north route upon which everyone concentrates is not the answer for the ultimate prosperity of the town. There should be a bypass yes; but from a different direction, starting at Oldrids Downtown, east across to the swing bridge (high street), around the northern edge of the docks (plenty of room), along the river, north from fogartys and connecting with the A52/A16 to the north. This route, in conjunction with a change to the one way system in the town centre/high st area would allow both industrial development (Marsh Lane), improved town centre access and an effective through traffic bypass. Only problem is it would pass my folks house so they would not thank me.; |
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Mr R.W |
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Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entry Ref: V5 |
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As aperson employed as a all Class Driver HGV Public Service Vehicle (BUS) I see this in several areas n the Country it must cost the haulage/public transport companies Mllions ayear and the man in the street is saying the same every where. But Local Councils and Goverment are not listening because they are affraid they will upset the GEEN PARTY! It is a shame places like Boston are becoming similar to other places. All the political person's are interested is using our GREEN BELTS? for housing and not taking a scrap of notice about THE prioities the Water Supply the Drainage or the utilities which these sort of developments need especialy the ROADS to get around, and bye the time it will be BUILT it will be dated! BOSTON NEEDS A BY PASS NOW! (CHIPPY); |
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TN |
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Monday, Nov 13, 2006 Entry Ref: V4 |
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As a visitor to your area last weekend it appeared to me that the transport needs of cabbages are more paramount than that of the actaual residents and as soon as you get to Boston your road system all goe's to pot. But never mind the cabbages get to Tesco,s and after all that's what really matters; |
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bs |
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Monday, Nov 13, 2006 Entry Ref: V3 |
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I have recently moved to Boston after living in Brighton for 3 years. I thought that traffic was terrible there but it is no comparison to Boston. My new house is on Sleaford Road and everyday it rumbles and vibrates with the huge lorries that drive past. My children go to school 2 miles from my home and I work just 1 mile from the school - when I moved here I thought 'wonderful, it will only be a short journey in the mornings'...little did I realise how long it would take me. Most days this round trip of just a few miles will take me about 45 minutes. Boston so desperately needs a bypass and with all the new housing that is being built on Sleaford Road and at the Docks the problems will only get worse.Keep up the great work with your campaign! |
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Mr. D. - Kent |
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Monday, Sept 18, 2006 Entry Ref: V2 |
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Good luck in your campaign. I used to live in the village of Ash in Kent and our lives were plagued by the enormous lorries that would clog the narrow through road. The village has been transformed by the bypass. I hope Boston will soon be similarly relieved.; |
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Mr. M.B. - Skegness |
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Sunday, Feb 26, 2006 Entry Ref: V1 |
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As a proprietor of holiday accommodation in Skegness, I am disgusted how government apparently disregards the needs, quality and safety of transport throughout the county of Lincolnshire. I constantly feel that Westminster’s geographical knowledge of the East Midlands terminates at the western approaches to Boston – indeed this is where major road systems deteriorate and little provision has been constructed for through traffic needing to pass through Boston.Tourist visitors travelling from the south-east to the coastal resorts of Skegness, Ingoldmells, Chapel St. Leonards, Sutton on Sea, Mablethorpe and Cleethorpes may well find their journey severely delayed due to traffic congestion in Boston, I have personally witnessed 3 mile “tailback” before even entering the town centre. Perhaps Westminster does not know that tourism is the fifth biggest industry in the U.K. Perhaps Westminster does not realise that the east coast of Lincolnshire is a large player in that industry. Perhaps Westminster and the E.U. would rather see resources awarded to the Mediterranean coastlines than that of the U.K. Perhaps neither care! While my comments and interests are biased towards tourism and the coast, mention should be provided for residents of Boston, who constantly endure the influx of seasonal traffic between June and October, a burden from which many will enjoy no benefit. We do not ask for motorways (our nearest motorway from Skegness is some 60 miles), we do not even ask for dual-carriageways. We ask for reasonable safe routes including bypass systems for such as Boston. Perhaps only then, we would have fewer road deaths on our depleted Lincolnshire roads, designated as the most dangerous in Europe. Such may well induce improvement in local economy, enhance the quality of life, reduce pollution while improving transport time and fuel efficiency.; |
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