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Church road - roundabout to church

Reported via desktop in the Road markings and lining category anonymously at 21:29, Wed 27 August 2025

Sent to Central Bedfordshire Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 426814.

Hi,

I am contacting you in relation to the above.

I am sure that you are aware that this road, similar to many others, has become increasing congested over the years. The key issue with this road is that on may occasions one side of the road is completely taken up with parked cars and the road has been reduced to a one car width and, on occasions, the one car width issue has prevailed from where the Oak Public House is located all the way up to the road entrance to the Church. Even when it is not this long, it can still be very problematic to get up and down it at certain times of the day. The issue is that when the road is lined with cars on one side from bottom to top there is a very lengthy distance where there is no pulling in area and passing is difficult.

You will, I am sure, be aware that certain residents have, at times, taken things into their own hands and have painted yellow lines on the road outside their house and have put their own bollards on the road outside their houses so that they can gain access to their houses. Whilst not condoning their behaviour I do understand it.

I am not sure of the protocol but I would ask if the traffic congestion issue could be looked at in order to hard wire a permanent, council approved, solution into the road.

Maybe some yellow lines opposite a few of the houses that require access would work as they would both guarantee resident access to houses and also hard wire in passing points.

Thank you for your consideration regarding this issue.

Regards,

Kim Bircham

Latchmoor House, Heath Lane, Woburn Sands. MK17 8TN

Updates

  • State changed to: Investigating

    Updated by Central Bedfordshire Council at 21:29, Wed 27 August 2025

  • Thank you for contacting us with information related to a Highways issue. Your request has been passed to the Traffic Management team. In the first instance, they will investigate the feasibility of your report by looking at existing records and data held. All cases vary but this work can take up to 4 weeks to complete. Please contact us on 0300 300 8049 if you would like more information on the progress of your report.

    State changed to: Open

    Posted by Central Bedfordshire Council at 05:35, Fri 10 October 2025

  • We are closing this report due to a system move, please create a new report if still a problem, many thanks

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Central Bedfordshire Council at 14:51, Monday

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