Workington civic trust bids to protect Curwen Park from bypass road
Last updated at 20:02, Thursday, 05 November 2009
AN INITIATIVE has been launched to have Workington’s Curwen Park legally designated as a village green.
The move will be made by the town’s civic trust as a precaution against possible plans for a road through the park.
Members fear that the building of the Tesco Extra store on The Cloffocks will mean that a proposal for a road will be put forward.
Peter Smith, who heads the civic trust environment group, told the trust’s ninth annual meeting on Tuesday: “We have to act because now that Tesco have announced a new date for work to start, it won’t be long before there is a serious proposal for a relief road through the park.”
He is taking legal advice and is in contact with The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest conservation body which fights for the preservation of open land and of rights of way.
An essential part of the campaign would be the completion of evidence forms by members of the public, which will confirm the use of the park as an unrestricted common, or village green, for recreational use over 20 years.
The Tesco superstore would be divided from Curwen Park by the A596.
A road link from the Stainburn School roundabout to Workington bridge has long been feared by conservationists like the civic trust.
Workington MP Tony Cunningham has previously said that he would lie down in front of the bulldozers if any attempt was made to put a road through the park.
lWorkington and District Civic Trust’s AGM report - Page 5
First published at 19:37, Thursday, 05 November 2009
Published by http://www.timesandstar.co.uk
The traffic problems in workington can be solved by taking the new A66 Stainburn bypass to Castle Gardens and then on to Moorclose and Salterbeck Trading Estate. It should then follow the old railway line down to Clay Flatts Industrial Estate where it joins a good road to the train station. A bridge over the derwent would make the river crossing easier and the road would join the A595 to Maryport.
This route would feed all our industrial estates, especially Salterbeck, feed traffic to the sports center, swimming baths, 3 sports stadiums and still pass the front of the Tesco Site.
Simples.
We all win.
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So the short sightedness of having no alternative modern road crossing over the derwent has been well and truly laid bare over the laast 48 hours.
hopefully the silver lining of the storms will be to shut the curwen hall NIMBY's up for goodPosted by Danny on 21 November 2009 at 11:50