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Visit to Devonshire Tunnel and Lyncombe Vale - 4 Oct 12
Some members
of the Two Tunnels Steering Group and the Two Tunnels Group committee were
given access to Devonshire Tunnel and Lyncombe Vale to view progress and what
remaining work had yet to be undertaken.
See Frank's Report and Mark’s Lyncombe
Vale ‘flythrough’.
5 comments:
Thanks very much for the updates Frank and Mark. Much appreciated.
Thanks for the video update. Can you tell me what the 6 foot high wooden posts are for, along both sides of part of the Lyncombe Vale section?
There had been an intention to fence in much or all of the Lyncombe Vale path for safety reasons and this is why the fence posts were inserted. However (and to cut quite a long story short) the requirement has been re-addressed and fencing will now be confined to those areas of the path where specific risks have been identified.
The 6 ft fence posts and the chain link fencing topped with 2 strands of barbed wire is rather intimidating and there appears to be rather a lot of it. It does not mitigate risk as much as keep people out. Which is by no means the same. Will this fencing stretch for the whole Lyncombe Vale section? Both sides of the path? If so, this will hardly be a pleasant stroll / ride throught the countyside. Do we really need fencing through the cutting? Do you really think that walkers & cyclists are oing to be tempted to scale the embankments?
@Oliver Street: Indeed. The fencing to Lyncombe Vale was a false step, the community and ourselves quickly worked to put its installation in reverse. A smaller amount was retained (by agreement between Sustrans and the local authority).
All this at a very busy time for the project works schedule means that the issue couldn't be fully addressed, but we now have an undertaking that the fencing will be further reviewed before the route opens in April.
It's important when introducing elements of a scheme that are intended to reduce risk, that one doesn't introduce additional new risks and the fencing appears to have done just that. A risk assessment will follow ...
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