Kimpton Park Way - Popular with residents
I am pleased to see that residents in Gander Green Lane have written in to the letters page to the Guardian to say that they are pleased with the Kimpton estate access road, now called Kimpton Park Way.
This could have been an A217/A24 Link Road, generating more traffic, however after an 8 year campaign led by Councillor John Morgan, the Link Road was rejected by a Government Inspectors and the Council then accepted the Access Road proposal instead.
Protaganists for the Link Road, such as Julian Freeman, Edward Trevor and Ruth Shaw have now left the Council, with the only early supporter left being Lord Tope, but he is far too sensibly pragmatic to reopen the issue.
Whilst I suspect some on the estate might not like this, there was considerable all-party support on the Council to block off Kimpton Road to benefit residents.
All the above shows that long-term campaigning pays off.
This could have been an A217/A24 Link Road, generating more traffic, however after an 8 year campaign led by Councillor John Morgan, the Link Road was rejected by a Government Inspectors and the Council then accepted the Access Road proposal instead.
Protaganists for the Link Road, such as Julian Freeman, Edward Trevor and Ruth Shaw have now left the Council, with the only early supporter left being Lord Tope, but he is far too sensibly pragmatic to reopen the issue.
Whilst I suspect some on the estate might not like this, there was considerable all-party support on the Council to block off Kimpton Road to benefit residents.
All the above shows that long-term campaigning pays off.
posted by Charlie Mansell at 5:26 pm
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