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Your Writtle, Roxwell and villages Lib Dem Campaigners
Simon Jones and Kelvin Leeds 
Simon is an experienced local campaigner and knows Writtle well, having lived here when he first moved to the Chelmsford area. He is a teacher.
Kelvin lives in the heart of Writtle and is a student at Writtle College.
They are standing as the Lib Dem candidates for Writtle in 2011.
Angela and Stephen Robinson 
Angela Robinson is a Lib Dem Parish Councillor in Writtle, elected in 2007. She is standing for Roxwell and the Rural West villages in the 2011 election.
Stephen Robinson was a Lib Dem parish councillor in Writtle 2002-08, and was local parliamentary candidate in May 2005.
Angela and Stephen are regular users of the Writtle-Chelmsford cycle route, agreed when the Lib Dems ran Chelmsford Borough Council. After the Conservatives took over, it took seven years of lobbying to improve the bridge over the river in Lawford Lane.
Writtle Lib Dems extracted a commitment from the Highways Department at Essex County Council to improve the maintenance of the Writtle to Chelmsford cycle path, and to review the gap between the staggered gates. The one behind the Old Chelmsfordians is so narrow that it is difficult to cycle through.
There also appears to be no regular maintenance schedule on the path: with the autumn leaf-fall it can be like an ice rink.
After much chasing, Stephen Robinson received the following email from the Highways Department:-
Subject: Various Highway Matters
From: John Dobinson Highways & Transportation
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 12:31:50 +0100
Mr Robinson
I refer to your recent e mail, and am sorry that your earlier e mails have not been replied to. You used the correct e mail address, but I am afraid that it did not appear in the appropriate officers e mail box.
I will endeavour to answer your queries if I can, but I may need to arrange for further investigatory work, and to reply to you on some of the items later.
* The bridge over the River Can in Lawford Lane - I will get this looked at to see if it can be improved
* Foxburrow Lane - This is not public highway, although it is a public right of way for users on foot. I am afraid that I do not know the owner of the lane
* The village end of the cycle path in St. John's Road - It is our intention to make this section up later in the year. Although it is not a highway, it is a link through to the cycle path, and consequently we carry out repairs.
* General Maintenance - Cycle paths are not at present on a regular cutting schedule, we tend to react to requests, however this is not the most satisfactory way of dealing with the vegetation and I am hopeful that we can institute regular inspections in the near future. The frequency would normally be twice a year. I would just add that if the vegetation is growing over from adacent properties / land, we would normally contact the land owner to request them to cut it back.
* Gates on cycle paths - It is not our policy to install staggered gates on all cycle routes, but we tend to where the meet roads. There is a standard specification for this, and the gap between barriers should be 1.2 metres. I will arrange for the barrier south of Old Chelmsfordians to be checked.
My apologies once again for you not having received a reply earlier
John Dobinson
Chelmsford Highway Maintenance Manager
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