Hereford Voice 88 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 The riverside railings were severely damaged during the floods of early 2020 and again this year. As you can see from these photographs the railings are clearly unsafe and look like they could fall into the river at anytime. The gap that has been exposed is clearly dangerous even though Herefordshire Council contractors have placed barriers across but this needs addressing as a matter of urgency and we will be pushing the Council for an answer this week on when the public can expect these railings to be repaired. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ragwert 386 Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 They do seem to pick & choose what needs to be repaired or replaced & I'd of thought these barriers would be top priority. Take the barriers that were knocked down on the Starting gate roundabout a month ago and were replaced within three weeks and the same type of barriers in Belmont Road going to Waterfield Road that were knocked down before Christmas and still not been done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
50inHerefordshire 1 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 This access of Wye Walk to Asda direction or onto Salisbury etc was closed after the flood in Feb 2020. I know the Manager of the Kindle Center flagged up this lack of access for all walkin clients of theirs. I do not know when they opened access and put the barrier up but it is now 12 months with a unsafe solution. But it is POOR that uses the Wye Walk as access around Hereford. Hereford Council have spent ££Ms for the B4224 road closure which happened on the same day. I question the Council priorities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twowheelsgood 618 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 On 16/02/2021 at 00:03, ragwert said: They do seem to pick & choose what needs to be repaired or replaced & I'd of thought these barriers would be top priority. Take the barriers that were knocked down on the Starting gate roundabout a month ago and were replaced within three weeks and the same type of barriers in Belmont Road going to Waterfield Road that were knocked down before Christmas and still not been done. Presumably the Starting Gate work was done by Highways Agency as it's the A49T. Local work, BBLP can't be bothered, they freely admit they work on a reactive basis - until there is a volume of complaints, they'll ignore it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
retrographics 3 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 I would like to add that damage to this area started way back in 2018, the large fencing areas was only placed there in 2020 who responsibility is it, the The environment agency, the council, the Forestry Commission for allowing all the trees down the river, as somebody suggested that sarky comment they placed on a post I placed on Facebook, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freddog 0 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 On 20/02/2021 at 11:45, twowheelsgood said: Presumably the Starting Gate work was done by Highways Agency as it's the A49T. Local work, BBLP can't be bothered, they freely admit they work on a reactive basis - until there is a volume of complaints, they'll ignore it. BBLP are commissioned by the Council to work on a reactive basis, I don't think that's the fault of BBLP but a fault of the Council and/or Central Government for not adequately funding the highways network. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K.Butt 221 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 On 23/02/2021 at 11:42, retrographics said: I would like to add that damage to this area started way back in 2018, the large fencing areas was only placed there in 2020 who responsibility is it, the The environment agency, the council, the Forestry Commission for allowing all the trees down the river, as somebody suggested that sarky comment they placed on a post I placed on Facebook, The EA are responsible for the river banks I believe but these railings will be the responsibility of the council. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
50inHerefordshire 1 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Update 25Feb2021 I was walking over the Wye bridge and two BBLP employees were looking at the broken railings and temporary barrier fix. I asked when the path railing repairs would be done and the BBLP employee said that their visit was the initial scope and repairs to follow. To be continued 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twowheelsgood 618 Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Perhaps they're working to the now established 'Fownhope' method - expect a very large bill and an open ended timetable to finish the work. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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