Stepping up repair works
Pavement repairs have begun in Ollerton after residents highlighted areas they felt needed improvement.
Nottinghamshire County Council’s highways department has laid a new asphalt surface on the Whinney Lane pavement, between the junction with Newark Road and Forest Road.
But residents are still waiting for nine other pavements to be repaired.
Ollerton and District Economic Forum’s Disability Action Team asked people to provide locations they felt needed attention.
They had 12 responses, covering ten areas of the town.
These were Yew Tree Road, Tor Lane, Station Road, Walesby Lane, Hartford Avenue, Delacy Court, Whinney Lane, Back Lane, Main Road and Wellow Road.
The pavements are said to have uneven or broken surfaces.
A project worker for the forum, Mr Mike Manning, who is the co-ordinator of the action team, sent the information to the highways department.
Mr Manning said they had been asked by several residents to contact the county council about the poor state of pavements in Ollerton.
However, the council needed specific locations in order to look at possible improvements.
Mr Manning said the reason why the action team had taken up the issue was because it affected disabled people and those with restricted movement, such as elderly people and parents with pushchairs.
“It is up to the county council to decide how bad the pavements are but we are pointing them in the right direction,” he said.
“We are now waiting for the council to let us know what they are going to do.”
One of the residents who contributed to the list, Mrs Joan Seager, of Delacy Court, said they were amazed when the repairs were carried out last week.
However, she said she had seen no more activity around the problem areas of the town.
Mrs Seager, who highlighted the poor state of pavements on Delacy Court and outside the police station on Walesby Lane, said: “The pavements and roads are horrendous around here.”
She was concerned that children could easily get injured if they fell and got rubble in their cuts.
“I have been walking on the road because it seemed better than the pavement in some areas,” she said.
A spokeswoman for the county council confirmed that they had made repairs to the pavement on Whinney Lane, and said they would be looking at others that had been highlighted.
She said: “The county council has received a letter from the Ollerton and District Economic Forum’s Disability Action Team which identifies a number of roads that, in their opinion, need to be repaired.
“These roads will be inspected by the county council’s highways officers and any action will be taken, if necessary, to ensure that these pavements remain in a safe condition for the highway user.”