Reference
PCArlesey14/83
Title
File on A507 Arlesey-Stotfold Bypass including:
- fatal accident outside 59 Stotfold Road including petition for 30mph speed limit and other safety action [1978];
- refusal to increase lighting on A507 due to low number of night time accidents [1978];
- refusal of Secretary of State to impose 40mph speed limit on A507 between Arlesey and Stotfold [1979];
- desire for bypass to reduce increasing number of accidents on A507 [1979];
- proposed bypass put back to 1987/88 then to after 1 Apr 1989 [1980, 1983];
- formation of Arlesey Town Council By-pass Committee [1980];
- Bedfordshire County Council rejection of rumble strips and mini roundabout as proposed traffic calming methods [1980];
- opposition to building Shefford-Clifton-Henlow and Arlesey-Stotfold bypasses as two different schemes [1983];
- statement by County Councillor John Tizard on behalf of Labour Party on Bedfordshire County Council on need for bypass to alleviate the problems in Shefford and opposition to Conservative and Liberal plans [1986];
- possible flooding and environmental damage to Pix Brook from runoff from Arlesey-Stotfold bypass [1991];
- A507 Arlesey-Stotfold Bypass Information Sheet No.1 published by Bedfordshire County Council [1991];
- Bedfordshire County Council detailed submission to Department of Transport [1991];
- Bedfordshire County Council (Arlesey Stotfold Bypass) Side Roads Order 1992 with statement of reasons for it;
- decision of Secretary of State not to include the bypass in spending totals for 1992/3 and opposition to it [1991];
- opposition to proposed Hertfordshire County Council decision to impose 7.5 tonnes weight restriction on B655 (Barton-le-Clay to Pirton Cross road) as it would lead to increased use of A507 by heavy lorries [1992];
- planning brief - sources of fill and waste disposal sites for bypass [1992];
- plans of proposed bypass [1992];
- delay in implementing bypass due to objection by someone from Letchworth [Hertfordshire], later withdrawn [1993];
- plan showing lighting to be adopted along bypass [1994];
- possible bus route variation of service 191, Biggleswade to Stevenage via Henlow and Stotfold [1996];
- improvements needed in Stotfold Road [1996];
- signposting on bypass [1996];
- proposed speed limit and derestriction order on Arlesey Road, Stotfold and Stotfold Road, Arlesey [1996];
- County of Bedfordshire (A507 Henlow Arlesey & Stotfold) (Prohibition of Waiting) (24-Hour Clearway) Order 1996;
- flooding of Stotfold Road underpass [1996]
Date free text
1978-1996
Production date
From: 1978 To: 1996
Level of description
item