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Gritted road routes in Ipswich

The gritting routes have now been published.  To find them follow these instructions.

1.  Go here:
http://suffolk.elgin.gov.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=streetworks.streetworksMap&layers=streetworks
2.  Go to the “Zoom To” box
3.  Choose Postcode
4.  Enter your full postcode
5.  On the left hand side scroll down until you get the Highway Network folder and then choose the salting routes box
If you are on a purple route you [...]

Chris Mole, Ice King

Nothing seems to go right for our poor under-secretary of state for roads, trains and drains.  When news of his announcement as minister of railways was given the good Lord showed what He thought by smiting Ipswich station with lightening.  Now he’s on the hook for the lack of rock salt.
It seems that there was [...]

Ipswich Station Smited by Lightening

So our MP is put in charge of the roads and railways and within days Ipswich station is struck by lightening and the A14 is flooded and blocked by a crash.  Next we’ll be having plagues of frogs and locusts. Either the Almighty is displeased or Chris Mole is cursed with terrible luck.
Like many people [...]

Keep up the flood barrier

Flooding hits Old Stoke, proving why we need to keep up the flood barriers.