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Author Topic: Campaign for disabled access ramp to platform 1 at Nailsea & Backwell Station  (Read 30643 times)
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« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2011, 20:39:43 »

There are already two disabled spaces in the car park at Nailsea & Backwell - but they're never used, due to the lack of disabled ramp access from platform 1....

Well, never used by those for which they are intended.....  Grin



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« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2011, 14:06:34 »

From the North Somerset Times:

900 sign station petition

The 913 signatures were collected by Nailsea resident Rita Booth from people living in the town.

Rita, aged 85 of Godwin Drive, decided to collect signatures after she had trouble accessing trains from Nailsea and Backwell due to her disability.

On August 27, she and three others stood outside Nailsea^s Tesco store to encourage more people to sign her petition.

Last week, the Times reported how Backwell mum, Satoko Black, had also compiled a petition in the hope of getting a ramp installed at the station to allow access for those who may be disabled or have pushchairs with them.

This was sent to First Great Western which then sent an application to the Department of Transport for a ramp to be created. The application will be determined later this year.

At a meeting of Backwell Parish Council on Thursday, members decided to write a letter in support of Satoko^s campaign.

Rita^s petition document will now be passed to Nailsea Town Council and then North Somerset Council for consideration.

Rita said: ^I thought a petition to show the views of people from Nailsea, along with the one collected in Backwell, would help to achieve a lot more.^

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« Reply #17 on: December 06, 2011, 13:29:14 »

DfT» (Department for Transport - about) have announced today the construction of a ramp at the station, cost ^1m.

http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/access-for-all-mid-tier-funding/successful-bids-2011.pdf

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« Reply #18 on: December 06, 2011, 19:02:07 »

Nice to see it happening.

1 thing I don't like however is the costs of installing ramps or lifts etc.

^1 million for a ramp it does seem a bit excessive to me, but I am sure others may disagree.

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« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2011, 19:48:58 »

Interested to see that they also mention the ramp at Keynsham, first announced some years ago (2008 perhaps...?).
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« Reply #20 on: December 06, 2011, 20:37:23 »

Interested to see that they also mention the ramp at Keynsham, first announced some years ago (2008 perhaps...?).

Keynsham hasn't appeared in the list of Access for All stations before, as far as I can work out from the latest and previous CP4 (Control Period 4 - the five year period between 2009 and 2014) enhancement plans, so it may just have been a local aspiration previously.   Whatever the history, getting added to the programme is quite a success, as the budget is only to do about 30 stations a year...

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« Reply #21 on: December 06, 2011, 22:18:54 »

FGW (First Great Western) certainly distributed a press release a few years back announcing the ramp for Keynsham (something along the lines of a DfT» (Department for Transport - about) 'access for all' scheme, possibly?) - I think there was a thread running here with a few more details that I may have started. Haven't got the time at the moment but when I get a minute I'll see if I can dig out the original press release and the thread here.
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« Reply #22 on: December 06, 2011, 22:43:35 »

OK, so here goes...

Original FGW (First Great Western) press release from 2006, confirming my recollection that is was a DfT» (Department for Transport - about) Access for All initiative.

Then there is a Bristol Evening Post article from 2009 suggesting that there was a row over who was going to pay for such improvements, which had apparently been presented as a fait accompli in the original FGW article.

Then yet another article from 2010 saying that funding was awarded to the tune of GBP 100,000.

And then this most recent announcement which I think said GBP 415,000.

Hardly surprising I've lost track, I suppose!
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« Reply #23 on: December 07, 2011, 07:35:34 »

I noticed last night whilst waiting at Bradford on Avon that Platform 1  has sprouted a really very impressive disabled access ramp since I was last there.

Both in colour and complexity the ramp resembles nothing so much as a fun-fair ride at a holiday camp, with bright yellow paint and a zig-zag of innumerable short runs going hither and thither. I'm sure it'd be a huge success at Butlins (and I rather suspect the local skateboard community have fun with it too...), but I can't help thinking it looks a little at odds with the existing built environment at Bradford.

Sorry if that comes across as sounding rather curmudgeonly though. The lashing rain and severe delays (caused by cows on the line I understand now, though at the time there was no information given) didn't help my mood particularly.

One of our Graham's excellent photos can be found here: http://www.wellho.net/pix/wwrugb.jpg

not too sure how the orange barrier helps with access!

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« Reply #24 on: December 07, 2011, 11:20:08 »

OK, so here goes...

Original FGW (First Great Western) press release from 2006, confirming my recollection that is was a DfT» (Department for Transport - about) Access for All initiative.

Then there is a Bristol Evening Post article from 2009 suggesting that there was a row over who was going to pay for such improvements, which had apparently been presented as a fait accompli in the original FGW article.

Then yet another article from 2010 saying that funding was awarded to the tune of GBP 100,000.

And then this most recent announcement which I think said GBP 415,000.

Hardly surprising I've lost track, I suppose!

How peculiar - I took 'another tack' and looked up various Access for All lists on the DfT website and archive, and in the CP4 (Control Period 4 - the five year period between 2009 and 2014) enhancement lists.  Never mentioned there over quite a few years, the list here starts off with what was already done prior to 2011...

http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/access-for-all-stations/Stations_in_England_and_Wales.pdf

So as your saga suggests this must have been bubbling along just failing to get the decision because of various disputes...

Paul

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« Reply #25 on: December 07, 2011, 21:43:20 »

DfT» (Department for Transport - about) have announced today the construction of a ramp at the station, cost ^1m.

^1 million for a ramp it does seem a bit excessive to me, but I am sure others may disagree.

Hmm.  Roll Eyes Shocked

Confession time: my own figure, suggested in this topic earlier this year, was a complete and utter stab in the dark - deliberately pitched at just under ^1 million.

... that would cost about ^925,000 by my reckoning ...

On that basis, I ought to have a job as a building surveyor with Network Rail!

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« Reply #26 on: November 10, 2012, 22:02:37 »

An update, from the Weston Mercury:

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After years of campaigning for a ramp at Nailsea and Backwell Station, work on the project has finally begun.

A design for the ramp has already been drawn up and once it has been approved by North Somerset Council, work can begin.

There is currently no ramp on the south platform, so disabled passengers have to warn train operators a day before they are due to travel to get assistance onto the train and get off at Bristol on their return journey to catch a taxi.

Members of Backwell Access Group first appealed for a ramp in 2008 and the Government finally pledged ^1million towards the project in December last year.

A First Great Western spokesman said: ^Good progress is being made on detailed designs. This is a joint project with North Somerset Council and Network Rail. They will need to review the design and confirm they are structurally sound and within budget. We are on target for this to happen in early November. Once the designs are agreed we will be able to set a firm timetable for work to start.^
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« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2012, 18:06:28 »

Things are progressing along with the new access to NLS as can be seen from the planning application that North Somerset has published today. The new access is going to be new ramps for both platforms and the new stairs to platform 1. The plans and the full application can be viewed on the North Somerset website.

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« Reply #28 on: February 21, 2013, 21:45:13 »

The plans have now been approved, subject to agreement on replacements for the three trees that will have to come down adjacent to the garage. I would have thought given the restrictions on felling during the nesting season that they would come down soon.

Also, (from the local rag through the door) the land has been bought for the extension to the car park, and planning for that has just gone in (although not on-line yet).  How does a council ask itself for planning permission I wonder?  Charging will commence once the extension is complete, along with a degree of restrictions on local roads to avoid the obvious happening.
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« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2013, 20:30:00 »

Somewhat later than I predicted, the three trees were lopped today - the first sign of any activity on the construction of the new ramps.
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