A217 Bishopsford Rd/London Rd collapsed bridge update Sun 18 Oct 2020

The #MitchamBridge plans are at PAC Planning Application Committee on Thu 22 Oct

To avoid it being rejected only TWO speakers are permitted to represent Merton for this £3 million pound/120 year life bridge.

Design of the new bridge is based on work poorly researched & created by @wsp infrastructure planners who clearly have no idea where it& #39;s located claiming the south bank is London Rd, although naming the bridge as Bishopsford Rd not #MitchamBridge? Report is littered with errors!

The proposed design fails to meet @Merton_Council& #39;s own Sustainable and Active Travel policy, (but that& #39;s just #businesslike greenwashing words that can be ignored when it come to their own designs?).

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It also fails to meet the Government& #39;s Cycle Infrastructure Design LTN1/20 (Local Transport Note NOT the Low Traffic Neighbourhood or even & #39;Network& #39; as one misinformed Leader called it last weekhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦‍♂️" title="Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht">).

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A simple summary of the 188 page doc for the PAC cllrs @B_Christie90 @stephencrowe999 @daviddean @JoanHen15319178 @Lindackirby @MakinRussell @rjm1red @libdemlife @Worldcuptour for those that will vote regardless of the local & national policies. (Lets avoid a JR Judicial Review)

It& #39;s not only policy that the design fails to meet. It& #39;s also the consensus of opinion from the DRP Design Review Panel who gave the application Red https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔴" title="Roter Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Roter Kreis"> & Amber https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🟡" title="Gelber Kreis" aria-label="Emoji: Gelber Kreis"> in their RAG traffic light approval vote.
Chair said they "respect" their view & vote with em
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But as long all @MertonLabour vote for/against the merits/flaws of the design rather being instructed how to vote as in previous applications the design will be rejected for multiple reasons.

Even those absent from the party photoshoot should turn up for this important vote.

I will send an email with these links to ALL cllrs on the panel including those not on Twitter so they are actually aware of the policies that will vote on this Thursday.

With just 6 mins of time given to hear from objectors Cllrs need to understand the polices being referred to