STOW MARIES PARISH COUNCIL
LATEST CHURCH LANE CLOSURE
During the course of the meeting held on Monday 24th February 2025 the Chairman welcomed Mr. Alisdair Dore from the Historical Railway Estate (on behalf of Department of Transport) National Highways, who is the Engineer overseeing the project to repair/refurbish Halt Bridge in Church Lane. Mr. Dore explained the process that needs to take place in order to the work on the bridge to be able to commence.
1. Discussions have already taken place at a Stateholder Advisory Forum (SAF) Meeting which included the Department of Transport/Active Travel England/Historic Scotland and England/Railway Heritage Trust/Railways Paths Ltd and Historical Railway Estate.
2. Following on from SAF above and after consideration by the Secretary of State for Transport the Historical Railway Estate (HRE) have to seek planning permission for the work to be carried out by Maldon District Council (MDC) as the local planning authority.
Church Lane will be closed for the whole period the work is being carried out and members of the Parish Council raised concerns and asked if the process could be hurried up, due to the regular occurence of accidents on the Lower Burnham Road which means traffic diverting down both Church Lane and Honey Pot Lane. It was stated that unfortunately the process can not be hurried due to the various statutory lead times that have to be adhered to.
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