Cameras to replace bollards in East Bristol liveable neighbourhood


Some bollards and planters will be replaced with cameras in order to let emergency vehicles through more quickly

Cameras will replace some bollards and planters in the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood to stop the fire service from getting delayed.

A freedom of information request recently revealed that several fire engines were delayed in reaching incidents in Barton Hill, Redfield and St George.

The neighbourhoods have recently become part of a trial to reduce the amount of traffic cutting through the area by closing sections of roads.

A decision on whether to make the trial permanent is expected in March, based on feedback from residents and data on traffic counts and air pollution, which is set to be published.

The cameras will catch drivers passing through bus gates and then issue fines to vehicles which are not exempt. This would allow fire engines and ambulances to get through.

Leading councillors faced questions about the delays during a member forum meeting on Tuesday, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Labour councillor Fabian Breckels, representing St George Troopers Hill, said: "What we need to know is: are lives more important than anti-car dogma?" He quoted feedback from Avon Fire Service, which found that some crews had to respond to calls on foot, as their fire engines could not reach the scene.

Council staff will review each bollard and planter in the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood, and will likely remove some of them.

Green councillor Ed Plowden, chair of the transport policy committee, said: "We're going through all of them on a case-by-case approach and reviewing them. Some of them we intend to change from bollards and planters to camera enforcement instead." He said that some bollards and planters would remain to maintain the aims of the scheme.

Another issue affecting fire engines is "inappropriate and illegal" parking, which makes the roads narrower and harder for large vehicles to turn around corners. The council is planning to ramp up parking enforcement to discourage this.

A decision on whether to make the trial permanent is expected in March, based on feedback from residents and data on traffic counts and air pollution.

Cameras will replace some bollards and planters in the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood to stop the fire service from getting delayed.

Another flooding at Marazion.
Issued at 09h49 today.
Cancellations to services between Penzance and Par
Due to flooding between Penzance and St Erth the line is blocked. Disruption is expected until 12:00 12/12.
Train services between Penzance and Par will be cancelled, delayed or revised. Penzance will not be served.
Customer Advice
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What has happened?
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The line has flooded at Marazion, between St Erth and Penzance.
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What are we doing about it?
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Network Rail are monitoring the water level. Trains from Plymouth towards Penzance may terminate short at Par, Truro or St Erth and will start back from those locations. Local bus operators are being contacted and rail replacement transport requested, more information to follow.

Was it a few days ago it flooded there and caused many local headaches?
Never noticed it flooding there before, so what has changed recently I wonder.

This has been bugging me (and made me think rather too deeply about the definitions of "central London" and "two platforms")!

Is the answer Chelmsford?

But others less important eg
Reading was 17.08m
Swindon was 3.75m
(perhaps few more trains need to skip these if usage down)

And now the 01:42 as well. So that’s nothing after midnight on one of the busiest nights of the year.

Why buy a ticket if you don’t think that you’ll be allowed to get home?

Merry Christmas. 

It does give rise to the question "which beauty queen are you closest to" .. I offer you Mrs Africa 2006 who now lives in Melksham, Wiltshire, England and sits on the Town Council.    Definition of the word "closest" is an interesting one - living in the same town is how you should read it.

I remember being so shocked at this accident.  Watching the pictures on tv news left me feeling sick and numb.  How on earth could this have happened?

I think it turned out that recent upgrade work in a nearby S&T cabinet had not been done properly and hadn't been checked and tested.  This led to big changes in the process and culture of new works being done on the railway

As for Bath Spa?  77th busiest station in the whole country.  I can only see one busier one (outside of central London) with only two platforms...can anyone guess which it is?

THE COUNTRY’S quietest railway station may see a much more regular visitor, Metrolink services.

For the line that runs through Denton could be used to link the Tameside to Stockport and Manchester Airport.

Transport for Greater Manchester has now devised a further purpose for it – for tram-trains, technology that would see them run on both tram and train tracks.

If signed off, they would run beyond Stockport town centre, along the Denton rail line, connecting the area firmly into the wider Metrolink network.

Also wondering if my assumption is right, in that there is only one crossover on the main line between Truro and St Erth?
Very poor in view of the Marazion flooding incident(s).

05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09
05:11 Gloucester to Southampton Central due 08:09 will be terminated at Salisbury.
It will no longer call at Romsey and Southampton Central.
It has been delayed at Westbury and is now 35 minutes late.
This is due to train crew being delayed by service disruption.

175 units to enter passenger service ... Monday 15th December to Friday  19th December
2C26 1340 Plymouth Penzance
2P21 1552 Penzance Plymouth will be a pair of 2 car 175 units.

The other 2 Castle Class HST diagrams will be covered by other DMU's.
One of former the Castle Class HST diagrams will be covered by using the DMU of Looe branch which is shut due to a week long engineering block

Dirty diesel trains are still running through Bath, polluting our heritage city.  As we look to improve our railways, we must include ways to make them cleaner and greener.  We need a bold, ambitious electrification plan to deliver this

The new IET trains have modern diesel engines, and most of the HST's are now phased out, so not sure what the issue is with diesels polluting Bath

You can taste the Portsmouth to Cardiff diesels as they go past

Electric, Hydrogen powered and Solar powered trains are options for Great British Railways....

Bring back steam locomotives then !

So you also suggest electrifying the branch lines with routes going through Bath or closing them because that isn't economically viable?

Doh, Bath residents did all they could to stop the wires going through their beloved city.

Maybe you could also help with the increased pollution in the surrounding towns and villages that Bath caused with its “clean zone” - any ideas there? In reality, the problem has just been pushed out of bath and onto everyone else.
The UK already emits less than many developed countries. Until we have grid generation to support more electrification, we have to accept a small amount of pollution as the price to pay for public transport.
Currently the tax burden on the payer is higher than ever, and people are at breaking point - more tax won’t help and removing some trains won’t help either.
I think you need to reconsider this statement and avenue because it sounds utterly tone deaf and out of touch with the public.

21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:04

21:45 Penzance to London Paddington due 05:04 will be started from Plymouth.
It will no longer call at Penzance, St Erth, Camborne, Redruth, Truro, St Austell, Par, Bodmin Parkway and Liskeard.
This is due to a fault with the signalling system.

Additional Information
Owing to a signalling fault we are unable to operate this evenings Sleeper service between Penzance and London Paddington.

We have arranged for this service to be operated by one of our regular Intercity Express Trains, starting from Truro, which will offer a Standard and First Class seating service only. There will be no accommodation facilities.