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My guess: purchasing the land, paying for studies, laying new road, removing old road. £100,000 sounds cheap. Two people already died. If I was a family memb
by RandomBacon 6y ago
My guess: purchasing the land, paying for studies, laying new road, removing old road.
£100,000 sounds cheap. Two people already died. If I was a family member of a third victim, I would've wanted the government to pay £100,000. I would be asking government officials if it was worth it.
(Approx 125,000 USD at today's exchange rate)
- Symbiote 6y agoThere's a linked response from Hampshire County Council [1]: "We are working with partners at New Forest District Council, the National Park Authority, English Nature, The Verderers, The Forestry Commission and the police to explore what can be done longer term and are currently carrying out a review of the junction, which we hope to finalise in the new year. The land beyond the paved road surface is Crown land and this will require permissions to be granted to us for any realignment of the road to be carried out." Crown land (part of the national park, presumably) means it "belongs" to the queen, so that shouldn't be an issue. Other comments on that discussion say the same offset junction has been done in many other places. The best thing is probably for anyone who lives in Hampshire to write to their MP. https://beyondthekerb.org.uk/collision-course/#addendum https://beyondthekerb.org.uk/collision-course/#addendum
- arethuza 6y agoA lot of times where they put in a kink at a junction like that they don't even remove the old road - just leave it and the farmer will use it for storing bales etc.