Remove the road from castle view
Last updated 11:03, Friday, 05 September 2008
We are tourists. We arrive in Carlisle at the railway station, walk towards the Old Town Hall, along Castle Street, visit the cathedral and Tullie House, head for the castle – and wonder why English Heritage allowed the council to approve a motorway right in front of it!
The area between the castle and Tullie House must be cobbled and pedestrianised. Local government is short-sighted at not realising the potential of our wonderful, historic Border city.
KEN MORTON
Carlisle
Before they did the stupid and pointless gallery and footbridge, I (and I'm sure many others) contacted the council strongly recommended that the road be sunk into a tunnel, with a larger Castle Green reinstated. However, it is the nature of councils to be stupid and wasteful of our money, and they instead blew a great opportunity.....
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LETS START WITH A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER AND LOOK AT CASTLE WAY IN CONJUNCTION WIH THE PROPOSED WESTERN BYPASS.
CLOSE THE ROAD COMPLETELY AND TAKE THE TRAFFIC OVER THE EDEN BRIDGE, LEFT DOWWN ETTERBY ROAD AND EITHER JOIN UP WITH THE NEW BYPASS OR BUILD A BRIDGE BESIDE THE NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE,TO WILLOWHOLME AND REJOIN CALDEWGATE AT PADDY'S MARKET
Posted by John Robson on 3 October 2008 kl. 17:12