Belvedere Road Bridge- safer now!

After a long campaign from local residents and North East Ipswich Labour Party members we finally saw the hump back bridge signs on either side of the bridge on Belvedere Road.

Hopefully this will be the first of many road safety measures within the Rushmere Ward.

I hope we will see an improvement to road safety on Humber Ducy Lane, on the Rushmere Estate and in Roundwood Road.

This will continue to be my main campaign priority.

At least this will bring some good news to Belvedere Road, as those whose houses back onto the railway line can now see the first signs of building development on the Hayhills site.

Making Belvedere Road Bridge safe

Since November I have with the help of residents from Belvedere Road been leading a campaign to make the bridge near the cemetery safe for both pedestrians and motorists.
The need for something to be done was highlighted by an incident at the start of November 2006 when a car narrowly missed two residents of Belvedere Rd who were walking their dogs.
One advantage of living within the ward (unlike the three tory councillors!) is that you can understand the issues that affect local residents better, I actually walk over the Belvedere Rd bridge on my way to Work.
The good news is that due to our campaign, signs are to be placed on either side of the bridge to make it clearer to motorists that they need to take care when driving over the bridge.
The chevron sign was put up in January (though at first in the wrong place- but I managed to get it moved) and hump back bridge signs should be placed up soon.