--- In [email protected], "Steve Haywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (though it isn't much of a defence and I'd have been better off not saying > anything) I'd move heaven and earth to avoid doing the T&M South of Alrewas > at the side of the A38. > > Whoops, have I put my foot in it again? > Well, no more than we have come to expect ;>) ...I remember you wrote that once before and I think I replied I can think of several worse. There is a section which for the life of me I can't remember where (selective forgetfulness of experiences that are not worthy of storing) where there is a motorway (much worse than the A38) running alongside (and do I recall a railway on the other side too). I admit is doesn't match the section of the A38 near Streethay (by the way, how can those people live-aboard along that stretch?!) in terms of proximity but then it is only a relatively short stretch. Definitely something wrong with the planning process when they let a busy highway like a motorway be built alongside a 200 year old place of tranquility. But then when the road has been there longer than the canal(as is the case of the A38 which was originally the Roman road Rykneld Street)..... On the other hand, one might argue that such provenance makes it part of our heritage and, as such, when the A38 was widened it should alos have been diverted to avoid running alongside the canal. (It is interesting that when the widening took place a part of Alrewas was compulsorily purchased and part of the deal was that a footbridge would be built over the road to the part of the village that was detached - the bridge still hasn't been built and I understand at least two people have died trying trying to cross the road between their house and the main part of the village. Cheers Will
