Tag: Infrastructure
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Arch Rivals
A social media post by the HRE Group alerted me that planning permission has just been granted to partly infill the three-span bridge that carries Church Lane over the Stow Maries Nature Reserve, the route along which the Woodham Ferrers to Maldon railway used to run. The application by the National Highways Historical Railways Estate…
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Push Biking
The recent and successive cycle strategy documents from Essex and Maldon have failed to suggest what cycle routes on the Dengie could look like – so, I’ve had a go… [I should start by stating that the ideal situation would be a Dutch style network, including completely new cycleways taking the most direct line between…
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The Essex-wide LCWIP
Like me, many of you may have responded to the Essex County Council consultation on the ‘Essex Wide Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan’. The results of that consultation were quietly released last August (2025), so you may not have seen them. I’m still working through the documents and I welcome comment and feedback from anyone…
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Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?
A couple of days ago, Essex Highways released a press release about their plans for rolling out electric vehicle charging in the county, and used the opportunity to ask people where they thought the chargers should go. Their survey is pretty minimal, but there was enough in it to raise my concern. I’ve long been…
Dengie Bioregion 