COULD the end be in sight for the saga of the road into Richmond Court?
Residents and local councillors have been battling to get the road into the housing development off St David's Hill, completed for more than seven years and even complained to the Local Government Ombudsman about the lack of progress.
Now in a statement for Community News, councillor Stuart Hughes, Devon's cabinet member for highway management, has said: "Devon County Council met with the contractor appointed by Taylor Wimpey earlier this month to discuss construction details in advance of works commencing. "Devon County Council has been eager to see the entrance into Richmond Court completed for some time and we are encouraged that the developer Taylor Wimpey and Network Rail engineers have been working together to enable work to begin early next month."
Councillor Jill Owen, county councillor for St David's and St James', said: "Along with many long suffering residents I will be delighted to see this work finally underway.
"We had hoped previously that this would happen but it has been an uphill struggle. "The work will not only benefit the residents of Richmond Court, but will involve the creation of some traffic calming, designed to make the road safer for pedestrians."
Christine Fraser, chairman of the St David's Neighbourhood Partnership, said: "We're delighted to have been given a provisional start date for the work as February 2.
"We are holding our breath and people don't quite believe it will happen.
"Watch this space!"
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