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- Road Closure Extension – 20/03/2025 to 01/04/2025
From LCC –
(A5147 GORSUCH LANE, SCARISBRICK,
HALSALL ROAD, NEW STREET, MILL BROW, HALSALL, SOUTHPORT ROAD,
WANISHAR LANE, DELF LANE, MAIRSCOUGH LANE, DOWNHOLLAND, WEST
LANCASHIRE) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF THROUGH TRAFFIC) ORDER
2025, is hereby temporarily Amended in that:
i. To amend Article 3 as follows:
The prohibition will be operative daily between 0930 hours and 1500 hours from
Thursday 20th March 2025 until Tuesday 1
st April 2025. The prohibitions will
only be operative when indicated on site by the presence of the
appropriate traffic signs in accordance with The Traffic Signs Regulations
and General Directions 2016. Works are weather dependent and may not
be carried out on the dates specified.Please find attached for your records, a copy of the signed temporary road closure extension order for the closure which will now be in place until Tuesday 1st April 2025 to enable the completion of the carriageway surface dressing patching works to be undertaken by Lancashire County Council (works been delayed due to part of the area being worked on forming part of the diversion route for the emergency road closure on Carr Moss Lane, Halsall).
https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/roads/roadworks-and-traffic-regulation-orders
- A5147 Closure for surface dressing
Daily from 0930 hours to 1500 hours
from Thursday 20th March 2025 until Friday 28th March 2025The temporary prohibition is necessary to allow carriageway surface dressing
works to be carried out.Vehicular access for residents will be maintained whenever and wherever possible. Pedestrian access to properties will always be maintained.
An alternative route for vehicular traffic affected by the closure is via:-A570 Southport Road – Liverpool Road North – A59 Northway – A59 Liverpool
Road – A59 Holborn Hill – A59 County Road – Southport Road and vice versa - Flood Risk Management Drop In Event
The county council’s Flood Risk Management team has made arrangements to use the large meeting room at Ormskirk Civic Hall on Thursday 6 March, for a drop-in event running from 3.30pm to 7.30pm in support of people who have experienced flooding to their homes, business premises and farmland in any of the rainstorms that have impacted West Lancashire over the winter.
The event will be staffed by officers from the county council, West Lancashire Borough Council, the Environment Agency and United Utilities plc, all of whom know the district well and can advise on localised drainage issues, what has been learned from site-specific investigations, and how drainage problems are being corrected or overcome in different ways.
We will also have Flood Hub team members with us, who can advise on understanding flood risks, and flood preparedness/resilience for residents, businesses and land owners who find themselves at repeated risk of flooding.
We would be very grateful if you would pass this information on to your communities where people might appreciate this opportunity for personalised support.
If you have any particular questions about the event, please fell welcome to contact me directly.
About Downholland
The Civil Parish of Downholland lies in the southwestern corner of West Lancashire, it includes the village of Haskayne and the settlements of Barton and Downholland Cross as well as scattered farmhouses and cottages.
Haskayne contains a beautiful park next to the canal, featuring a BMX track, football pitch and lots of play equipment. Winner of “Best Park in Lancashire” – Lancashire Best Kept Village 2019/2020.
There is a thriving village school, three public houses,a village hall hosting a number of community activities and we have an active Community Association and Residents Association.
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Downholland has a total area of 12 square miles most of which is prime agricultural land. The nearest towns are Southport, seven miles to the west and Ormskirk five miles to the east. Liverpool is about 12 miles away. The population of about 1000 is employed in the surrounding towns and cities or on the land. The Leeds and Liverpool canal runs through the parish.