Little England...
Apologies to any English members (well, not really..).
As some may know the ability to close public roads was brought into English law recently. Based on this organisers have announced that they are hoping to be the first to take advantage and are planning a rally next year around the roads of Tendering in Essex. Great for local business and raising the profile of the area. But not everybody is backing the idea and local councillor Mike Bush (UKIP) says : roads are unsuitable, there is a health and safety issue and, get this, the speed limit will be ignored. Indeed some bloke from a local parish council is going to write in....and "different people" have objected.
Granted, I'm not that familiar with the area bit a quick look on Street View shows that there are plenty of roads that look good, here's one:
I suspect the local politician/s and a few constituents know little about the sport......although nonsense like this isn't helping even if there is a street stage:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/monaco-style-car-race-could-be-on-its-way-to-tendring-1-4970762
Will be interesting to see if the MSA approve the route when they inspect it in a few weeks. Certainly closed roads may inconvenience some.
More from a local paper:
Apologies to any English members (well, not really..).
As some may know the ability to close public roads was brought into English law recently. Based on this organisers have announced that they are hoping to be the first to take advantage and are planning a rally next year around the roads of Tendering in Essex. Great for local business and raising the profile of the area. But not everybody is backing the idea and local councillor Mike Bush (UKIP) says : roads are unsuitable, there is a health and safety issue and, get this, the speed limit will be ignored. Indeed some bloke from a local parish council is going to write in....and "different people" have objected.
Granted, I'm not that familiar with the area bit a quick look on Street View shows that there are plenty of roads that look good, here's one:
I suspect the local politician/s and a few constituents know little about the sport......although nonsense like this isn't helping even if there is a street stage:
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/monaco-style-car-race-could-be-on-its-way-to-tendring-1-4970762
Will be interesting to see if the MSA approve the route when they inspect it in a few weeks. Certainly closed roads may inconvenience some.
More from a local paper: