Work on repairing the ramps has been put back and will not commence until Sunday 23rd November 2008.

The County Council have recently engaged consultants who will be looking at possible lorry restriction zones within Nottinghamshire. We would hope to be consulted in this exercise and it could be very beneficial for us if Southwell were to be included.

There is concern about motorists who are parking inconsiderately around the town. Some residential streets as well as the roads on and around the Burgage have become very conjested with vehicles belonging to people working nearby. The Town Council owns two FREE carparks, one at Memorial Drive and one behind the Leisure Centre on Nottingham Road which have plenty of room for all day parking. We would encourage residents and visitors to use these rather than cause problems for residents and allowing a safer flow of trffic through the town.

The rapidly deteriorating condition of Newark Road continues togive considerable concern. This road, along with the Ropewalk has been top of the Town Council's 'Priority List' for several years yet there does not appear to be any sign that any re-surfacing is scheduled for either. It was a surprise then, that both Crink Lane and Hopkiln Lane have both had  a new surface in recent months as neither of these had been identified as being in need of such measures.

The Highways Group of the Planning Committee is also concerned that the signage for the junction at the mini roundabout at the Saracen's Head is confusing and gives conflicting instructions. The location has seen many 'near misses' over the years. The group would like to see the mini roundabout removed, the A612 revert to being the major road and vehicles travelling from from King Street having to HALT at the junction. There is no perfect solution to the problem as the visibility for drivers is poor when approaching the junction from Church Street. However, the group feels that its suggestion is the LEAST DANGEROUS way out of the problem.