IN response to the Heslington Lane bollard proposal, 54 per cent of residents are in favour, according to a recent consultation organised by City Of York Council (May 24).
Why did the council only consult 50 per cent of Fulford? After 9am, the road is not used to capacity and is a pleasant drive through.
It is busy from 5-5.45pm: this is called the rush hour. All York roads are busy at this time; will the council be putting rising bollards on every road into and out of the city?
My councillor told me that the bollard was only in the consultation process, and we would all have a say. I am still waiting.
Remember, York councillors, elections will always come around and the voters will remember.
Ian Snedden,
Cherrywood Crescent,
Fulford,
York.
...SO the residents of Heslington and Fulford are to be forced to live in gated communities, cut off from family and friends by a bollard on Heslington Lane that will only rise and fall for the favoured few (and even they will have to pay for the privilege).
Highways boss Peter Evely's sole justification for the introduction of this draconian measure is the projected increase in traffic caused by university expansion and the Germany Beck housing development.
As not a single foundation stone has been laid at Germany Beck, and the university has yet to even receive planning permission for its new campus, there is no reason for the rising bollard to leave Mr Evely's drawing board for some years to come.
Anneliese Emmans Dean,
Peel Close,
Heslington,
York.
...WITH reference to congestion round Heslington, a letter which I sent more than two months ago to Peter Evely at York Council didn't even get an acknowledgement let alone a reply. Typical!
The council wastes thousands of pounds on chicanes, speed humps, crossings where not required. Then to make matters worse moves the job lot further down.
The other day while waiting at a chicane, one motorist undertook three or four cars on the path just to get through.
The council would be better off repairing the potholes and cracks in the roads rather than the usual botch it and scarper attitude.
Dean Wells,
Heslington Lane,
Fulford,
York.
Updated: 10:17 Thursday, June 10, 2004
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