Sign petition to stop HGVs on A46

A petition is being organised by a couple of residents in Painswick. Blog readers will know that residents are very fed up about the road subsidence and the fact that the HGVs will return and contribute towards the A46 problems plus of course impact badly on our villages.

Photo: Randwick woods

As noted in my blog Painswick, Pitchcombe and Whiteshill and Ruscombe Parishes along with Stroud Town have all written to the County expressing concerns about the lorries. The County's initial replies in the press are that weight limits will not be imposed. Many in the community see this as a missed opportunity to tackle the problems - it would be great if as many petitions as possible could be completed. Please let me know and I can email a copy or drop off a copy to folk in the ward. I am also happy to collect any completed forms.

Update: The authors of the petition have taken account of such views and the new wording adds: In order that the problems of the A46 are not merely shifted, the A4173 (Stroud Road, Edge) and B4070 (Slad Road) must also become subject to weight restrictions. The closing date has been put back to March 9th to enable as many signatures as possible to be added.

They hope to have forms back by the 9th February which is not really any time - although there maybe a few days extra if needed. Here is the wording:

To: The Prime Minister The Minister for Transport The Highways Department and Cabinet Member. Gloucestershire County Council

A46

The closure of the A46 between August 2007 and February 2008 is the fifth incidence of subsidence between the Brockworth roundabout and Salmon Springs since 2002. We the undersigned believe that heavy goods vehicles have contributed to this problem and we request that this section of the A46 be redesignated from an “A” road to a “B” road thus making it possible for weight restrictions to be imposed.