Bishop's Hull drivers could be allowed to use bus gate (From This is The West Country)
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Bishop's Hull drivers could be allowed to use bus gate
2:00pm Friday 26th October 2012 in News
By Phil Hill
Councillors John Osman, Rod Porter and Ian Morrell at the Mountway Road bus gate
HELP could be at hand for villagers forced to drive extra miles following measures to combat rat runners.
People living along Mountway Road, Bishop’s Hull, could soon be allowed to use the bus gate to get into town – rather than driving the other way.
Fines were recently introduced for unauthorised vehicles using the gate ... but locals say it penalises them.
Somerset County Council leader Cllr John Osman, who met parish council chairman Cllr Rod Porter and district councillor Ian Morrell, agreed to a review to see if the system can recognise number plates so that people living in the neighbourhood would be exempt from charges.
Mr Morrell said: “The community and I welcome this initiative as it will reduce the number of extra miles being driven and wasted each year just to get to and from home.
“The outcome of this review could see local residents re-use Mountway Road without penalty while ensuring rat-running is tamed and the bus service uninterrupted.
“Although this enhancement will require further technical and procedural consultation, hopefully we’re on the way to seeing resolution to this long-standing issue.”
Comments(6)
Mark1970
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6:31pm Fri 26 Oct 12
We should be given FREE parking permits which for many our council tax and road fund licence already pay for.
Why should we pay extra charges?
boliston
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8:20pm Sat 27 Oct 12
Edwap wrote:I think most people in Taunton would love to be able to take a short cut onto the M5 through the Blackbrook bus gate as well. If the entire Blackbrook estate were given passes then this road would become just as congested as the main dual carriageway.
I hope they will offer the same to those living on the Blackbrook estate for the ridiculous bus gate next to the Holiday Inn
Mi_Coc
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8:50pm Tue 30 Oct 12
boliston wrote:If the bollards were maintained the leanne would probably still be alive.
Edwap wrote:I think most people in Taunton would love to be able to take a short cut onto the M5 through the Blackbrook bus gate as well. If the entire Blackbrook estate were given passes then this road would become just as congested as the main dual carriageway.
I hope they will offer the same to those living on the Blackbrook estate for the ridiculous bus gate next to the Holiday Inn
Bollards stop people misusing but people like jones who drive cars not insured and register laugh and anpr cameras i witnessed acar the other day cutting through bishops hull bus lane the guy was driving like a tool and probably doesnt have the car registered.
Why not include people richmond road as they should be excempt to.
FreeSpeech?
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2:15pm Thu 1 Nov 12
Mi_Coc wrote:Perhaps you should get your facts right as well as your spelling before passing comment as Leanne Burnell was convicted of contributing to the death of Amy Hofmeister you muppet.
boliston wrote:If the bollards were maintained the leanne would probably still be alive.
Edwap wrote:I think most people in Taunton would love to be able to take a short cut onto the M5 through the Blackbrook bus gate as well. If the entire Blackbrook estate were given passes then this road would become just as congested as the main dual carriageway.
I hope they will offer the same to those living on the Blackbrook estate for the ridiculous bus gate next to the Holiday Inn
Bollards stop people misusing but people like jones who drive cars not insured and register laugh and anpr cameras i witnessed acar the other day cutting through bishops hull bus lane the guy was driving like a tool and probably doesnt have the car registered.
Why not include people richmond road as they should be excempt to.
Mi_Coc
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2:50pm Thu 1 Nov 12
FreeSpeech? wrote:No your the muppet my facts are correct Leanne did not hit Amy jones did!!
Mi_Coc wrote:Perhaps you should get your facts right as well as your spelling before passing comment as Leanne Burnell was convicted of contributing to the death of Amy Hofmeister you muppet.
boliston wrote:If the bollards were maintained the leanne would probably still be alive.
Edwap wrote:I think most people in Taunton would love to be able to take a short cut onto the M5 through the Blackbrook bus gate as well. If the entire Blackbrook estate were given passes then this road would become just as congested as the main dual carriageway.
I hope they will offer the same to those living on the Blackbrook estate for the ridiculous bus gate next to the Holiday Inn
Bollards stop people misusing but people like jones who drive cars not insured and register laugh and anpr cameras i witnessed acar the other day cutting through bishops hull bus lane the guy was driving like a tool and probably doesnt have the car registered.
Why not include people richmond road as they should be excempt to.
Jones and leanne both advantage of the fact that council have failed to maintain the pop-up bollard and they cut through the bus lane, the difference is Leannes car was register to her for anpr system to send the fine the vectra used was not registered to him and he would have been unaffected by fixed penalty notice hence I choose to comment just on him. He also was the person who ultimately killed Amy. My point is had the bollard been working they would have not have cut down there and maybe Amy would still be alive.
If you choose to use these comments to go off topic and make personal attacks the admin will simply disable them and no discussions by anyone will be had so wind your neck in! I don't like some of your views but I come back with a argument or my opinion I don't simply try and find fault with your posts and insult you.
Grow up free speech!
Edwap says...
6:13pm Fri 26 Oct 12