Watery Lane

Of all the issues that are raised for me to deal with the one which gives rise to most issues is Watery Lane, yet this road falls completely outside of my Division as it comes under, Conservative Councillor, Malcolm Maddocks in Rayleigh North (I cover Rochford West which is basically Hullbridge and Hockley). However this does …

Watey Lane Update

Unfortunately I do not have much of an update despite my asking for information residents have requested.  I still have no confirmed re opening date beyond the stock answer of 15/22 October.  However in the latest communication I received (an extract is below) Essex Highways have indicated that the road may be able to be …

Planned Work to the Watery Lane Junction with Hullbridge Road

I brought up the number of accidents at this spot just under a year ago due to the number of accidents, officially (that means reported to the Police) there have been five recent accidents at the site. At the June meeting of the Local Highways Panel the work was approved and will now be going …

The Top 5 Highway (flooding) problems in Rochford are…….

Rochford District Council has forwarded to Essex County Council the top 5 flooding problems in the district and they are as follows.   •          Watery Lane •          Hall Road railway bridge •          Spa Road, Hockley railway bridge •          Ditch behind Kingsmead Cottages, Barling Road •          Church Road railway bridge Few people would, we think, disagree …

Essex County Council releases £1m of emergency funding for flooded roads

Essex County Council have at last listened to the concerns of residents and have at last decided to act on the flooded roads of the County.  Below is the press release allocating £1 Million to tackle road flooding in the County.   Essex County Council is releasing £1m of emergency funding to tackle road flooding …

Watery Lane Closure

As many people are aware Watery Lane (or rather Beeches Road which Watery Lane runs into) is to be closed for up to 12 weeks for bridge strengthening. I have been talking with Essex Highways on this, pointing out the problems we all faced last year and earlier this year, when Watery Lane was closed …

Watery Lane

Apparently Essex County Council Highways have today confirmed that Watery Lane/Beeches Road will be closed for Bridge works from the 19th of August up until the 8th of November. We will update when we have more information. UPDATE 8 Aug 2013 I have today been informed that this work will mean full closure of Watery Lane …

Update on the 500 Houses for Hullbridge

Rochford District Council have been very busy compiling the responses to the Allocations Document Consultation, which finished on 25th January this year.  The number of responses in relation to Policy SER6 - South West Hullbridge currently stand at 191 and can be read in detail here. We currently have no dates for when the Inspectors is …

“Watery Lane not part of Strategic Road Network” – Say Essex County Council

The Consultation for the Allocation of 500 houses in Hullbridge finished in January.  Rochford Council are slowly adding the representations made to the website and they can be read here, the current number of responses now stand at 151. Of the comments made a few do stand out, one from a developer which is in favour …

Another Watery Lane update

We have had confirmation tonight that Watery Lane should be open by Thursday this week pending the clearance of ditches and drains. We will check on the progress tomorrow and update this post accordingly. We will continue to pursue additional drainage work that we believe in necessary to make the road a safer and more …