Fixed
Crossgate Lane, Pinchbeck, whole length of lane in both directions
Sent to Lincolnshire County Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 2868658.
I'm a pedestrian, have no car. Walking to the village for shops and post office is my only method of getting there, and Crossgate Lane is our normal route in. Normally I can step onto grass verge to get out of way of any vehicles using the lane, which I have to do as the lane is not wide enough for a vehicle to pass me. But since Mon 5 January I cannot get on the grass verges because they have been stripped away by loads of vehicles using this lane to avoid the main road closure on B1356. There is now no safe route for me to walk to get away from cars driving on the lane. I cannot in fact keep upright on the lane and had to turn back home, because there is so much mud it is too slippery to pick a way through, and I was getting beeped and bullied by vehicles who seem to think I as an old lady shouldn't be there to delay them. This is exactly the problem we warned you about for this main road closure, that the lanes would become impassable, and that we as pedestrians would be bullied by traffic trying to force through. You ignored us. I want to go to the shops next week, there is no bus because it is not running through due to the main road closure you allowed, so I need a walking route, and it needs to be passable and safe from traffic driving at me. I hope you can fix Crossgate Lane before then.
Updates
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Thanks for letting us know about your issue with wheel tracks or ruts. We will look into this and let you know what we find within the next 14 days. You can find out more about verge maintenance on our website
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All done! The work’s finished and the issue is now resolved. Thank you for contacting us about this. Your report has meant that we can focus our effort where it’s needed most.
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This problem has not been fixed by your closing of the road with a metal fence across Crossgate Lane, because the fence and surrounding bollards have been forcibly moved overnight Friday night and removed by unknown vehicles who have forced their way through. They have caused further damage to the road surface and to the grass verges, and in daylight today some further vehicles have taken advantage of the trashed fencing and bollards and have also forced their way through. Locals have also been told by anonymous person saying they had installed the fencing that the sign about CCTV is rubbish because no CCTV was put in place. The warnings signs are not working. The physical fencing and bollards are not working. Some drivers cannot be trusted to voluntarily obey diversion signs at the roundabouts and at the lane ends, and are continuing to force their way through. This includes a bus company Black Cat Travel who have still not changed their route to use the A16 Bypass as diversion, last week they forced themselves through Crossgate Lane, today they started their day by forcing their way through Flaxmill Lane. Lorries are still coming through.
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