--- In [email protected], Baz Juniper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 6 Oct 2008, at 20:07, nbquidditch wrote: > > <snip> > > > 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. > > That's weird. Presumably such a deal wasn't hard-wired into the > actual agreement; I can't imagine how it could be. I suppose it > might have been offered as an inducement by the promoters of the road > scheme to encourage objectors to the compulsory purchase order to > withdraw. Any community that accepted such an assurance was rather > poorly advised.
I've often been tempted to dig into this a bit more especially as the lack of a bridge hampers access from the village by foot to the nearby National Aboretum. One of these days I'll dig a bit more. Thanks for the info... Will
