Another family has suffered a tragic loss at the B1113 Bramford Road junction in Gt Blakenham. It is difficult to imagine how people must feel and how they can cope after such an event.
The local view was that the road changes introduced in 2001 only solved half the problem at the junction. It was just a matter of time before a severe collision between a right turning vehicle and one from the Bramford direction occurred. However County Highways would not carry out further work – they waited for the changes SnOasis would bring. It is now obvious that we have waited far too long and need action now!
Highways are working with the Police and have reconstructed the tragic events looking for the reason why this junction is worse than other right turns. They have removed some signs that may have contributed and come up with some relatively minor improvement proposals.
I believe that minor changes will not address the core issue and will leave us waiting for yet another tragedy. I have asked them to look at full solutions : a roundabout, traffic signals in a simplified version of the SnOasis plan , or a scheme designed by Liz and Neil Gardiner who have suffered personal family tragedy here and report back to me and to Gt Blakenham within one month.
Suffolk County Council has been consulting about five sites it is proposing for waste disposal. Two of these are located in Great Blakenham. I am concerned that the roads are not adequate to carry extra traffic from SnOasis and the planned new housing developments in the area, let alone two new waste sites. I have asked the District Council to look at this and can’t see why they don’t have a realistic plan for the area. The other sites are at Sproughton, Stanton and Eye where protest groups are forming.
The County has declared that its preference is to site an incinerator at Great Blakenham to burn domestic waste. I think that the long term effect on people’s health from chimney stack emissions cause grave concern. I favour Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT), which is becoming the technology of choice in the UK. This involves several flexible and adaptable operations. After mechanical sorting, anaerobic digestion is used to process the biodegradable waste producing gas which generates electricity efficiently. Metals recovered in the sorting process can be re-cycled.
Please let me have your views.
The County position can still be changed. Planning consent for a mass burn incinerator in Surrey is to be quashed following a hearing in the High Court in January 2009.
Gipping Valley News from John Field
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Another family has suffered a tragic loss at the B1113 Bramford Road junction in Gt Blakenham. It is difficult to imagine how people must feel and how they can cope after such an event. 