Dear Neighbours,
This is firstly intended as a communication for your information, but also as an appeal to:
- Join us in objecting to the application below
- Pass the news release onto your village magazines in order to ‘alert’ your parishioners “Network Rail_Bridge_pressRelease“
You may remember that in 2014 Network Rail proposed replacing Steventon Railway Bridge with a new one to enable the OLE cables associated with the electrification of the GWR, to pass under .
They put those plans on hold when confronted with an opinion from experts in Europe that a technical solution may exist that would save the Bridge. 3 years on, nothing’s really moved on, but
Network Rail have finally applied to the Vale to demolish the Bridge, after various ‘false starts’ and time is now very much against us
( Although news received this week indicates that we can persuade the Vale Planning Office to refer it to their Committee, thus adding a few weeks to our deadlines.)
You can view their application at: : http://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/java/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P17/V1154/LB
The main consequence should this application be successful will be closing the High Street and the loss of access to the Milton Interchange via Steventon for up to a year !
Steventon PC have issued the attached Press Release and were holding a Planning Committee meeting (open to the public as you’re be aware) at the Village Hall on Tuesday 22nd May starting officially at 7.00 (although doors will open @ 6.00)
Please could you share this with your councillors and we’d be delighted if a representative could attend our meeting next Tuesday evening
Kind regards
Robert Green
Vice Chair
Steventon PC