Bristol Airport taxi drivers asked to stop using village roads
29.08.10
Taxis carrying people to and from Bristol Airport have been using the narrow lanes in Backwell as rat runs, Backwell Parish Councillors claim. The Western Mercury reports that councillors say the cars have been speeding through Church Town, Church Lane and Backwell Hill Road causing a danger to villagers. They have written to Bristol Airport to ask the taxi firm to use another route rather than take the narrow roads through the village.
Backwell parish councillor Brian Huggins told the newspaper: ‘Taxis use the three roads frequently and the speeds they do are terrible. It's 20mph limit, but most are doing 30 - 40mph. It has made it very dangerous. The lanes are very narrow and there are no concrete kerbs. If you have to pull over then you hit the rocks. Several people have had punctures where they have had to pull in because they have met a car speeding in the other direction on the road.’
Council chairman Colin Pope added: ‘The taxis have been told not to go through Barrow Gurney so instead they go down through Backwell roads that are too narrow. I'm amazed by the amount of cars going up and down Backwell Hill Road. They should be going through Brockley Combe.’ We've asked the airport to tell the taxi drivers not to use the roads as a rat run.’
The parish council has received a letter back from Robert Sinclair, chief executive of Bristol Airport, confirming that he has spoken to the manager of the taxi company who is due to speak to the drivers to ask them to avoid Church Town, Church Lane and Backwell Hill Road where possible.
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