After months of trying the P.C. has managed to drag out of the Highways Dept their intentions for re-surfacing our village roads this spring/summer.
In March, Station Road and Pound Lane will be treated with a slurry surface, we have inspected similar treatments on roads in Harwell and have no objections to this work. During the summer months it is intended that High Street, Church Street and Stream Road will be treated with a summer dressing which is the process where the road is covered in tar and then stones are spread over the tar. You will all have seen the results of this treatment where initially many of the stones remain loose and given time and a few hot days some of the remaining stones particularly on slopes and corners are removed by the traffic leaving patches of tar.
Your P.C. has written to the Highways Dept stating that this treatment is not acceptable in this village where our roads are also our pavements. We are awaiting a reply.