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Published:
August 7th, 2008
County Council hits back over council's fears for Burnham road
surface
 Somerset
County Council has moved to reassure anxious town councillors
in Burnham-On-Sea that they should not be worried about the state
of the surface along Marine Drive, which this autumn will be in
the national media spotlight when it becomes the finishing line
for the South
West Stage of the Tour of Britain cycle race.
Burnham-On-Sea.com
reported earlier this week
how a large part of Marine Drive has recently been resurfaced
by the county council, but several hundred metres of tarmac near
the race's finishing line, at the junction with Pier Street (pictured
above), has been ignored.
At
Monday's town council meeting, councillors said the condition
of the road surface at this spot could be dangerous for cyclists
as they approach the finishing line. Cllr Neville Jones said:
"The surface of Marine Drive near the fountain urgently needs
to be brought to the attention of the county council. There are
ruts running along the surface all along the cycle race's final
sprint."
But
County Council spokesman Robert Booth contacted Burnham-On-Sea.com
on Wednesday to reassure local people that the road surface has
been fully checked.
"Marine
Drive in Burnham has been inspected six times already and no problems
have been found," he said.
"We
have a further inspection taking place next week, but the police
and Tour Of Britain team are very happy with the condition of
the road surface."
Digital
TV channel ITV4 will be broadcasting extensive coverage of the
race, along with regional and international television channels.
Burnham-On-Sea.com
exclusively reported
in February that our town would be chosen as the finishing
spot for the race on September 9th. The race is set to start in
the south of Somerset in Chard and finish in Burnham in the north
of the county.
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