Sadly related to a fatality there last year
Questions now being asked why a bridge wasn't built that was part of the original planning application by Persimmon homes.
Sadly at least one well known councillor from the town has already turned this into a political point scoring debate
I was surprised and disappointed that
PW▸ didn't ask for a comment from Persimmon.
From what I can tell it seems to be the exception when developers actually do what they are obliged to under planning applications. Usually they sign up to some benefit to the community and then backpedal on the grounds that there isn't enough money in the development, and it gets dropped. You'd have thought councils would have got wise to that by now.
On another point, I did notice in the film the student crossing the track wearing headphones. Surely that is one of the biggest risks these days. I know there is evidence that too much warning signage can confuse and dilute the message, but I would have thought a sign telling people to remove headphones and actually look rather than be fixated on their phones would be of benefit. (I'm not suggesting that was the cause in this instance, but I would imagine the risk has increased with increased usage of phones for other than making calls.)
