Causeway group's views on Holy Island causeway changes
by Brian Daniel, The Journal, December 10th 2011
A GROUP set up to find ways of stopping cars getting stuck on the Holy Island causeway has ruled out any major changes to the road after opposition from local people.
Calls for barriers to be erected at the ends of the causeway have been dismissed by the working group set up by Northumberland County Council after a summer in which cars have been submerged after ignoring warning signs.
The group ruled that barriers would be “unreliable and impractical.”
Visitors to Holy Island regularly try to drive across the causeway when the tide is in, despite signs advising them of the safe crossing times.
Cars suffer serious damage once they hit the water, often having to be written off, and passengers have to be rescued.
There have been calls for barriers to be erected at either end of the causeway, and lowered when the tide is in.
Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-...iews-on-changes-61634-29928726/#ixzz1g7gk6ZTi
by Brian Daniel, The Journal, December 10th 2011
A GROUP set up to find ways of stopping cars getting stuck on the Holy Island causeway has ruled out any major changes to the road after opposition from local people.
Calls for barriers to be erected at the ends of the causeway have been dismissed by the working group set up by Northumberland County Council after a summer in which cars have been submerged after ignoring warning signs.
The group ruled that barriers would be “unreliable and impractical.”
Visitors to Holy Island regularly try to drive across the causeway when the tide is in, despite signs advising them of the safe crossing times.
Cars suffer serious damage once they hit the water, often having to be written off, and passengers have to be rescued.
There have been calls for barriers to be erected at either end of the causeway, and lowered when the tide is in.
Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-...iews-on-changes-61634-29928726/#ixzz1g7gk6ZTi