In the money!

Readers will no doubt be aware from press reports and BBC TV News bulletins, that the Government has approved the revised Bath Transport Package submitted to the Department for Transport [DfT], by B&NES Council.

This revised Package includes a 250 space extension to the park and ride at Newbridge the exact position of which is still a mystery, despite repeated requests over the last few months for information.

We have made numerous enquiries as to its location without success, being advised that the information was not available until the Newbridge Meadows Village Green application had been settled.

The Village Green has now been approved by B&NES and the area registered as a Village Green, details being shown in The Commons Register.

Both our Ward Councillors, Cllr Caroline Roberts and Cllr Loraine Morgan Brinkhurst, together with our MP the Rt Hon Don Foster, have stated on many occasions, that the car park site originally proposed north of the river, was not suitable.

We are now actively engaged in drawing attention to many promises of consultation by Councillors and our MP, so that appropriate meetings are held in order to obtain a car park site acceptable to the residents of Newbridge.

We wait with breath held for the long awaited, and oft requested, details.