The maintenance of roads on phase one of the Lakeside housing estate in Ashby has now been adopted by the council.
The first residents moved into phase one of the Lakeside housing estate more than a decade ago. The development has involved two phases, hundreds of new homes, the creation of a public open space, and a new primary school, which opened in 2012.
Off Lakeside Parkway, its planning history dates back to 2003 when outline permission was first sought for the residential development. North Lincolnshire Council has now adopted as part of the public highway the twelve roads that make up phase one.
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This means the council will be responsible for the roads, footways and drainage maintenance. Ashby Lakeside Ward councillors, both Labour, have expressed their delight at the move.
“Since being elected in May, Judith and I have worked very hard to push for the adoption of key local roads, and we are delighted that progress has been made,” said Cllr Max Bell. “Residents and the local Neighbourhood Watch are very pleased – and we are looking forward to continuing working with them to help make the Lakeside estate an even better place to live.”
Repair works were carried out by the developer to kerbs, paving and faulty lights in December and January at the housing development. The street lighting is currently not LED and the council intends to replace with LED to save on energy and maintenance costs in the future.
Inspections of phase two of the Lakeside Parkway development, with the intention to adopt responsibility for the roads here, have also begun. The phase one roads the council is now responsible for the maintenance of, are:
- Whimbrel Chase
- Lapwing Way
- Kingfisher Way
- Grebe Mews
- Avocet Mews
- Linnet Garth
- Curlew Croft
- Garganey Walk
- Wigeon Walk
- Gadwall Way
- Heron Gate
- Pochard Drive
Ward Cllr Judith Matthews expressed the view that the housing developers and council had been for too many years “too complacent” on delivering the improvements required for the community, and getting it into the council’s hands. “We are thrilled to have helped change that.”
Contacted for opportunity for comment, Conservative council leader Cllr Rob Waltham said: “These things do take far too long but its clearly only right that the highways are adopted when they are to the standard originally agreed and to a level that is acceptable for local taxpayers’ to take on the responsibility for maintenance, that way developers don’t get to dump their construction failures on residents’ council tax bills.
“I’d like to thank the council officers who have kept the pressure on to get these roads adopted, doing a sterling job, as they do on other sites across North Lincolnshire. I am sure Cllrs Bell and Mathews would want to join me in saying thank you to the people who have actually done the work here.”
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