| Subject: |
|
Re: Re: the view of a long term resident |
| Name: |
|
Raon |
| Date Posted: |
|
Sep 22, 06 - 4:35 AM |
| Message: |
|
It is Riefield road (spelt wrong). In the 60's the area running adjacent the Wickham Street(multimap shows it as the Bexley Greenwich border),was derelict land full of brambles, builders rubbish and bomb craters.There was also a storage yard stacked high with ww2 ammo boxes.
It would have crossed Bellegrove road near the 'We anchor in hope' pub.
Yes it would have cut into Oxleas wood, which I think was it's main area of objection. I would say that Rochester way and Welling way already cut through what was continuous woodland and seeing as the whole area south of Bellegrove road and west of Westwood lane, used to be part of the same ancient woodland, there could have been areas re-wooded to restore the balance. This of course is now history but my point was that if it had happened in the 60's I think that the trsffic situation would not be as bad as it is now.
North Cray village was a cluster of about 30 dwellings. There are now about 5, with the road dividing what is left (I don't think an underpass would have saved the village - there is no village!)
I am a full supporter of the Bexley Bypass and would have had no objections regarding North Cray Village if it had been built at the same time as the road. I wonder, is the congestion at Gravel hill all part of the traffic problem that might have been relieved by the river crossing and the link to it mentioned earlier?
I was in favour of the original river crossing in the 60's and agree with you regarding transport lanes. If they are going to do that, why not build a link to the underground rail service, using the transport lane as a rail track.--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Replying to: I can't find Reifield Road on the map, but I presume the early 1960s scheme is similar to the early 1990s scheme which would've run adjacent to Wickham Lane and joined the A2 at Falconwood. This was abandoned for a very good reason: Far from being "wasteland", London's remaining ancient woodland is ecologically very valuable.
Was it the removal of a few buildings that wrecked North Cray Village? Or was it the lack of overpasses and underpasses? Whatever it was, the Bexley Bypass still has many supporters, though the benefits would be somewhat limited as Gravel Hill is congested in the AM peak.
FWIW I'm in favour of the TGB, but I think they should delete the "public transport lanes" and let the buses share the road with general traffic. The £30 million saved would be better spent on real public transport improvements such as ferry services. |
|
Replies:
|
|
|
|
|
Hey Webmasters! New Photo Album Service Launched - Check it out!
Reply
Forum
bravenet.com