A Roundabout approach

Strangely I mentioned to Nick as we drove along the A134 out of Sudbury on Wednesday that nothing had been heard from Brett Aggregates with regard to the failure of their planning application to extract aggregates at Chilton. Surely an appeal must be forthcoming shortly?

Within hours we heard the news that the company have put in for permission to build a roundabout on the road. This cannot be regarded as good news, since such investment is expensive and implies, in my view, that they have no intention of reducing the amount of activity that they are ultimately planning for the site.

The fact that Brett have chosen to take this particular step makes me suspicious that the landowner, the County Council, who happen also to be the highway authority, are working closely with Brett behind the scenes to maximise the value of their property despite the loudly expressed views of all interested local parties.

So the fight continues.

Speaking to a resident who lives close to the area yesterday I was told that a Community Support Officer, who was appalled at the amount of traffic on the road and the speed at which it was travelling, offered to come along with her speed gun with a view to catching a few motorists at the scene. Unfortunately when she made the required 'prior inspection' of the site she concluded that she could do nothing because the road was far too dangerous, there was too much traffic and it was all going too fast. Honestly, I ask you!