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'An accident waiting to happen'
6:52pm Thursday 15th May 2008
Comments (19)DEBRIS from a bank slipping onto a village road near Westbury is an accident waiting to happen, according to a concerned resident.
Bryan White, 66, of Bury Lane, Bratton noticed the slippage in Court Lane back in February, and is concerned that despite notifying the local authority no action has been taken three months on.
Mr White said he contacted Wiltshire County Council on February 14 and emailed them again in March when no action had been taken.
The council's highways department then contacted Bratton Parish Council to say it could do nothing to shore up the spillage until it stops.
Mr White said the response from the council has been unsatisfactory and is concerned the slippage will lead to an accident.
He said: "The council's response is akin to saying we will wait for an earthquake.
"The worst case scenario is that a bus full of school kids will come around the corner and there will be a collision.
"If there is an accident other vehicles will have nowhere to go, as there is no room."
Bodmans Coaches use Court Lane for a number of their bus and coach routes, including school buses to the John of Gaunt School, St Augustine's Catholic College and Clarendon College in Trowbridge, Lavington School and Dauntsey School.
Mr White believes the slippage may have been caused by greensand, which is an olive- coloured sandstone rock that can slump in wet weather.
Mr White said: "The whole of the north of the Salisbury Plain suffers from greensand and when it gets saturated in the winter it slumps down.
"All the council has done is put bollards up which only exacerbates the situation because vehicles have less room. The council say their resources are stretched but why is it we continue to pay higher and higher rates of council tax?"
A spokesman for Wiltshire County Council said the authority took highway safety very seriously.
He said: "Experts have investigated the situation at Court Lane in Bratton and at preset are satisfied with the safety at this location. We will continue to monitor the area."
Bodmans Coaches said none of their drivers had reported the slippage in Court Lane to management.
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Disgusted of, Westbury says...
7:45pm Thu 15 May 08
I shouldn't think that anyone from Bratton has ever heard of China.
Mr P Taker, England says...
8:00pm Thu 15 May 08
Disgusted of, Westbury says...
8:20pm Thu 15 May 08
Mr P Taker wrote:
Newsflash - this is The Wiltshire Times not CNN. Local news for local people.
About sums it up. The disasters in Burma and China won't affect Bratton will it?
YetiJoe, Trow says...
8:43pm Thu 15 May 08
This'll mean something to someone local if there is an accident as a result. Sadly it costs a fortune to fix these sorts of things and there are other pressing priorities for WCC I suspect. A new logo to go with the catchy WC (Wiltshire Council) title they chose.
Lets hope they don't pick a suitably junk logo to go with that like the OGC did.
english bulldog, sin-city says...
9:29pm Thu 15 May 08
Necker, Trowbridge says...
9:41pm Thu 15 May 08
Millions and millions of £'s!! available instantly and given willingly.
Now back to these earthslides how about a couple of hundred pounds and a few laborours please WCC.
English Bull, a few nuggets in your statement.
We ned to start looking inwards at ourselves as a country instead of forever groping outwards. It's too expensive.
YetiJoe, Trow says...
10:26pm Thu 15 May 08
You can bet our companies see £££££££ in China. Look at all those houses needing to be rebuilt, roads, cars, etc etc.
This is going to be great for our economy as we suck their foreign reserves dry, the reserves that were doubtless going to be used to basically buy out UK PLC wholesale anyway.
They are both enormous human tradegies though, the news shows that to anyone with a heart.
sally beenwell, westbury says...
7:09am Fri 16 May 08
Disgusted of, Westbury says...
11:15am Fri 16 May 08
YetiJoe wrote:
Someone once said there is nothing like a war to do the economy good. I think you can replace war with disaster.. You can bet our companies see £££££££ in China. Look at all those houses needing to be rebuilt, roads, cars, etc etc. This is going to be great for our economy as we suck their foreign reserves dry, the reserves that were doubtless going to be used to basically buy out UK PLC wholesale anyway. They are both enormous human tradegies though, the news shows that to anyone with a heart.
I think you will find it is the other way around. With hardly a thing in the shops that is not made in China these days and a massive bill to pay putting the damage right the price of Cheap Chinese goods will rocket on top of our own price that we are paying for our illegal jollies around the globe.
sally beenwell, westbury says...
11:37am Fri 16 May 08
I think you will find it is the other way around. With hardly a thing in the shops that is not made in China these days and a massive bill to pay putting the damage right the price of Cheap Chinese goods will rocket on top of our own price that we are paying for our illegal jollies around the globe
Except of course with the exception of umberella's We will never need to buy cheap chinese broll's as i strongly believe that Brussell Brolly's LTD has cornered the market her in the u.k and Mars
Necker, Trowbridge says...
9:05pm Fri 16 May 08
Disgusted of wrote:I can do without the plastic nik-naks you are on about. My life will not change one iota because my 'sing-along-barbie' or sunglasses are not on the shops shelves.
YetiJoe wrote: Someone once said there is nothing like a war to do the economy good. I think you can replace war with disaster.. You can bet our companies see £££££££ in China. Look at all those houses needing to be rebuilt, roads, cars, etc etc. This is going to be great for our economy as we suck their foreign reserves dry, the reserves that were doubtless going to be used to basically buy out UK PLC wholesale anyway. They are both enormous human tradegies though, the news shows that to anyone with a heart.I think you will find it is the other way around. With hardly a thing in the shops that is not made in China these days and a massive bill to pay putting the damage right the price of Cheap Chinese goods will rocket on top of our own price that we are paying for our illegal jollies around the globe.
I'm sure you are aware that prices are on the up on all things not chinese.
Bread, fuel, lemonade,council tax etc etc etc.
However if I drive around the corner in Bratton and hit a landslide, I'll be well annoyed and the last thing on my mind will be the latest disaster somewhere far, far away as sad as it may be.
Disgusted of, Westbury says...
9:32pm Fri 16 May 08
I'd think very carefully before saying things like that and look around. Your tv, hi-fi, satnav and even many bits of the car you will be driving into the landslide at Bratton with will be from China. Indeed without China exporting the pollution needed to produce our little 'plastic knick-knacks' Bratton and all the rest of Chocolate Box Land would very rapidly cease to function at all.
Disgusted of, Westbury says...
9:33pm Fri 16 May 08
I'd think very carefully before saying things like that and look around. Your tv, hi-fi, satnav and even many bits of the car you will be driving into the landslide at Bratton with will be from China. Indeed without China exporting the pollution needed to produce our little 'plastic knick-knacks' Bratton and all the rest of Chocolate Box Land would very rapidly cease to function at all.
Necker, Trowbridge says...
9:47pm Fri 16 May 08
Believe me, if China disappeared tomorrow we would all still function. Its what the human race does.
It's wether or not you can function without a sat-nav or a fake rolex.
I think I could.
Although I think the majority of teenagers would cease to function if they could no longer text on mobile phones. :)
Disgusted of, Westbury says...
10:36pm Fri 16 May 08
I think I could."
Maybe but many of the rest of Chocolate Box Land people couldn't. They have to go out and play in Cheap Chinese Land to pay their UK mortgages which are in reality US mortgages which Israel have approved.
Still less money all round should in theory mean less wars eh?
sally beenwell, westbury says...
11:15pm Fri 16 May 08
Disgusted of, Westbury says...
11:04am Sat 17 May 08
sally beenwell wrote:
You still wont beat a good honest to goodness british Umbrella Made by Brussells Brollys LTD.
They'll be rebadged cheap Chrinese crap same as all the other rubbish.
Des, Wiltshire says...
8:27am Mon 19 May 08
Bryan White next to one of the areas of concern
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old jarge, beanacre says...
7:40pm Thu 15 May 08