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Landslide victory for the Bypass campaigners, Bypass candidates 25 others 7!

Today the people of Boston and District won a stunning victory for democracy by electing the Bypass Independents into power, taking control of Boston Borough Council.

The good people of Boston have demonstrated to the old order that their repeated failure to acknowledge and address the enormous problems of this historic Market town have finally led to their downfall. Any elected group who fails to listen to the people does so at their peril. Our Borough and County Councils have consistently failed to listen. They are therefore the architects of their own demise.

This is a triumph of people, (democracy) over the party politics which has controlled and manipulated this County for decades.

Well done! The people of Boston and District you have made this happen by having the courage of your convictions and placing your vote for change.

Congratulate yourselves, you deserve it.
Who said we Bostonians won’t stand up and be counted when it matters?

We in the Boston Bypass Pressure Group see this as the culmination of two and a half years of hard work campaigning for a fairer deal for Boston. We therefore have a great sense of satisfaction that our original aims of winning seats at County and Borough level has finally come to fruition.
Richard Austin an original group member has taken our dream forward to County and now finally to a sensational result here in Boston. Congratulations Richard.
Two other group members Neil McGregor and Brenda Owen also stood and won their seats, so congratulations to them also and of course to all the other successful candidates.

Now the hard work really begins. No one is under any illusion, they know they have a mountain to climb to attain a major road scheme for Boston and to sort out all the other major problems inherited from the previous administration.

It will be tough, but it is comforting to know that we now have a team of dedicated talented people who are highly motivated and determined to once again make Boston a prosperous vibrant town, where people can once more hold there head up high and proudly boast “I am a Bostonian”

At long chuffin last. I don't know about other drivers, but I as a HGV driver absolutely HATE driving through Boston, just to get from one side to the other.
A Bypass will Definately improve this beautiful town.
Building a bypass will also reduce a journey by at least 20 minutes in quiet hours, and probably over an hour in peak times.

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Semper in excreta, nur quantitat variat.

Now we just need in in Bath as well..

(Actually, there needs to be a motorway between the M4 and M5 passing south of Bristol and Bath, since both cities are a traffic nightmare at the moment.. but that's just a pipe dream, of course..)

Could this be the thin end of the wedge that drives the individuals with the lazy and dishonest 'we can't build our way out of traffic problems' attitude out of power, or at least lead to them changing their ways?

This idea that we can somehow just halt ALL development at today's stage, and then aim to regress back 'for the sake of the environment' has been a cover story for councillors to avoid paying for anything worthwhile so they can burn the cash on god knows what.

Hopefully this is the beginning of the end....

So do Boston have stupid parking restrictions and pointlessly low speed limits? And if so are these going too?

It'd be nice to go somewhere without any of these.

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Andrew.

Call me a cynic ["Horse! You're a cycnic!"] but how good are they going to be on planning applications, waste disposal, etc. etc. - all the other usual 'council' stuff?

Or are they councillors & wannabees who've banded together?

Well, my LA does jacksh1t for me (and charges me £1100 for the privilege), so if they can do any better than that, then they're already way ahead!

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Pecunia Prius Equitas et Salus

Ah, now, y'see, that's where you're wrong.

Your elected representatives have taken a decision not to anything for you

And it looks like they have also taken the decision to charge you for doing nothing, to boot

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lets bring sanity back to speed limits.
Drivers are like donkeys -they respond best to a carrot, not a stick .Road safety experts are like Asses - best kept covered up ,or sat on

Speed limits will be the responsibility of Lincs CC, so they won't be able to do much about that.

Indeed the construction of a bypass is outside their powers too - but it gives a strong signal to the powers-that-be.


The council officers will keep things ticking over anyway.

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"Show me someone who says that they have never exceeded a speed limit, and I'll show you a liar, or a menace." (Austin Williams - Director, Transport Research Group)

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