Road closure will costs lots of us more money and time

Exemplar

I went to Tattershall the other night and the road was blocked outside the school. The 'diversion' nearly took me to Kings Lynn (a 40? mile diversion). And so you know what, I did not care. They have to repair stuff.

Cisco001

You need to get thing repair, you need to get thing built, that's why road need to be closed!

FlyingDonkeys

Exemplar wrote: »

I went to Tattershall the other night and the road was blocked outside the school. The 'diversion' nearly took me to Kings Lynn (a 40? mile diversion). And so you know what, I did not care. They have to repair stuff.

Road closure here are nothing to do with repairs. Solely to do with preferences. Repeat this is not about road repairs. Its about road closures based on preferences while many important roads are closed for repairs or in the case of Hammersmith Bridge - thats just about an argument over money.

FlyingDonkeys

Cisco001 wrote: »

You need to get thing repair, you need to get thing built, that's why road need to be closed!

Not a road closure, a preference for a road closure.

Mercdriver

If there were to be a permanent road closure as part of traffic calming measures there would be a thorough consultation. There would have been more than one note through your letter box plus notices on lamp posts. Have you seen any of this? Despite popular misconceptions, local authorities don't set out to mess local people around and they have a responsibility to consult. Have you spoken to your local councillor?

FlyingDonkeys

Mercdriver wrote: »

If there were to be a permanent road closure as part of traffic calming measures there would be a thorough consultation. There would have been more than one note through your letter box plus notices on lamp posts. Have you seen any of this? Despite popular misconceptions, local authorities don't set out to mess local people around and they have a responsibility to consult. Have you spoken to your local councillor?

Thanks but NO note through my door, NO notices on lamp posts.
No notification via local sites or local churches or shops.They may not set out to mess local people around but they are.

Mercdriver

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

Thanks but NO note through my door, NO notices on lamp posts.
No notification via local sites or local churches or shops.They may not set out to mess local people around but they are.

If there really has been no notification then you should speak to your local councillor ASAP. It wouldn't be personally addressed to you, it would be Dear Householder etc...

jimbo6977

The general equality duty covers the following protected characteristics: age (including children and young people), disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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The three aims of the duty apply to all protected characteristics apart from marriage and civil partnership, which is only relevant to the first aim (eliminating discrimination). Thus a body subject to the duty must have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination where it is prohibited under the Equality Act 2010 because of marriage or civil partnership in the context of employment.

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The Public Sector Equality Duty has three aims:

Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act.Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.

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The Equality Act explains that the second aim (advancing equality of opportunity) involves, in particular, having due regard to the need to:

Remove or minimise disadvantages suffered by people due to their protected characteristics.Take steps to meet the needs of people with certain protected characteristics where these are different from the needs of other people.Encourage people with certain protected characteristics to participate in public life or in other activities where their participation is disproportionately low.!

so if you can show that jewish people or gypsies or old people or whoever will be disproportionately affected by the closure then you have grounds to chsllenge it.

Cisco001

FlyingDonkeys wrote: »

Not a road closure, a preference for a road closure.

There are situation road closure is the only option due to safety reason to both worker and general public.

Road closure cost money and have a lot of paperwork involved to various department. No one want to close the road if it is not necessary.

Bigphil1474

OP, if the proposed closures affect your ability to provide care for a person with a protected characteristic (disability etc.) then you may have an argument - as others have said, get on to your local councillor. However, if the change will just mean spending longer in traffic, then that wouldn't be relevant. As far as I can remember, in order to close the public highway, the council would need a road traffic order - might be different in London. They would have to consult with affected people.