Archive for the ‘rural roads’ tag
Delivering services in the snow
The big freeze is prompting councils to prioritise services.
Take roads – the essential way most of us get about, whether by car or bus.
Most councils have what is called a ‘precautionary network’, that they commit themselves to salting, and details of which they publish (grit is only used when supplies of salt are low).
But what proportion of the local road network this covers varies hugely.
Ruural Services Network – January 2010
Rising concern over rural traffic
RESEARCH often tells us what we already know, or suspect – although that does not stop it from being useful.
But sometimes it produces unexpected results.
Take this example.
Traffic was the most commonly issue of residents’ concern, according to an analysis of parish plans and market town health checks published in a new book, ‘Glimpses of Rural England’ by Malcolm Moseley (See Chapter 1).
Not affordable housing. Not the lack of public transport or other services. And not even the lack of provision for young people, which often gets a mention in such surveys.
Time to investigate, I decided.
Rural Services Network – November 2009
