Oswaldtwistle drain collapse blamed on heavy wagons (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Oswaldtwistle drain collapse blamed on heavy wagons
3:02pm Monday 29th October 2012 in News
By Lisa Woodhouse, Assistant picture editor
A BUSY road in Oswaldtwistle has been closed after a drain collapsed — with one councillor blaming the heavy loads travelling to a nearby wind-farm for the damage.
Lottice Lane will be shut from today as highways officers from Lancashire County Council investigate the cause of a collapsed drain and carry out repairs to the high-way.
Lancashire County cou-ncillor and Oswaldtwistle councillor, Peter Britcliffe, says that the vehicles carrying the sections of the 12 turbines to the wind farm at Oswald-twistle Moor have caused the pot holes and damaged the culvert.
He said: “The road was unsuitable for the heavy vehicles being used to bring the parts for the windfarm and now we are going to suffer traffic chaos for weeks.
“The diversion is such a long way around. It’s one of the major routes used for people travelling to the hospital and the added time for emergency vehicles could cost someone their life.”
Energiekontor, which is constructing Hyndburn Wind Farm, were un-available for comment.
Lottice Lane, which links Guide in Blackburn to Haslingden Old Road, will close from 9.30am today for three weeks.
A signed diversion will be in operation via Haslingden Old Road, Haslingden Road, Bank Lane, Shadsworth Road, Haslingden Road and School Lane and vice versa.
It is hoped that the investigation and repairs will be completed within the first week and that the resurfacing of the section of road will be completed in two days during the week starting November 12.
If possible the road will be reopened between completing the repair and starting the re-surfacing works.
The proposed closure of New Lane, Oswaldtwistle, due to begin on Nov-ember 5 has been put back until after the completion of these emergency works.
Comments(16)
Major Tom
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3:16pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Caspar the ghost
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3:34pm Mon 29 Oct 12
You are all being conned into accepting something in the name of the environment that does not actually help the environment. Fools the lot of you!
Roy..Darwen
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3:58pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Black Dog - Knuzden - Fecitt Brow - Shad Road - Hospital.
Not rocket science.
Pan-cake
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4:43pm Mon 29 Oct 12
darwenTower
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4:47pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Caspar the ghost wrote:There'll be plenty of work then.
Wind energy is costly and very inefficient. Does nobody consider the regular maintenance of these triffids?, and the costs of servicing them?
You are all being conned into accepting something in the name of the environment that does not actually help the environment. Fools the lot of you!
mavrick
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5:13pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Caspar the ghost wrote:I have been banging on about the great green con for a few years, I can't understand how people can be so gullible.
Wind energy is costly and very inefficient. Does nobody consider the regular maintenance of these triffids?, and the costs of servicing them?
You are all being conned into accepting something in the name of the environment that does not actually help the environment. Fools the lot of you!
KenADI
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5:21pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Pan-cake wrote:They should pay the FULL cost if they have caused the damage
As Hyndburn Prospects are getting a good bung from Energiekontor, perhaps they would like to make a contribution to Lancashire CCs cost of repairing the road.
monkman
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6:45pm Mon 29 Oct 12
AnthonyUK
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12:02am Tue 30 Oct 12
Garinda
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12:16am Tue 30 Oct 12
Perhaps Hyndburn Prospects, the local group who benefitted from this particular bung from Energiekontor, can plant a few nice late autumn blooms, for people to look at, whilst they suffer the consequences caused by the erection of these blots on our landscape.
coates warder
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7:29am Tue 30 Oct 12
coates warder
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7:29am Tue 30 Oct 12
ossybsting
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10:22pm Thu 1 Nov 12
ossybsting
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10:24pm Thu 1 Nov 12
ToffeeGuy wrote:i recon they look cute
That new windfarm is appalling. It's like Day of the Trifids has taken over Ossy.
They look far bigger than those on Scout Moor.
maz;0)
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7:17pm Wed 7 Nov 12
ToffeeGuy says...
3:14pm Mon 29 Oct 12
They look far bigger than those on Scout Moor.