There is a really messy public inquiry into a controversial road scheme on the edge for the Peak District national park on the A268. You can read all the gory details on the wikipedia article here: in summary: 4 mile route, £180m scheme (doubled in cost since 2006), public inquiry adjourned till at least Easter 2008, inquiry cost so far is £4m, Highways Agency in real trouble with traffic modelling, mapping is rubbish:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longdendale_Bypass The DfT have published various maps (notice that the location of the tunnel mentioned in the article above is not shown at all!): http://www.saveswallowswood.org.uk/background.shtml http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/10084.aspx Here is a Google Maps overlay that I have done to get my head around what it is all about (try fiddling with terrain setting) Mottram <http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=10727925564616544 9244.0004443e390678cca733f&ll=53.474255,-1.990929&spn=0.049246,0.138531&z=13 &om=0> Tintwistle proposal overlay The Highways Agency has been making a right meal of the traffic modelling and the inquiry has been adjourned 4 times to let them sort it out (it keeps on showing that traffic will get worse!) http://www.glossop.com/bypass.htm Here is a news item when the inquiry was suspended http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjM99O2WwI8 However the OpenStreetMap coverage needs some work before it can be used http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.4604 <http://openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.4604&lon=-1.9787&zoom=13&layers=B0FT> &lon=-1.9787&zoom=13&layers=B0FT My company wants to sponsor someone who would like to spend some time in a mixture of beautiful countryside and a transport nightmare and complete the OSM mapping within the scheme area (as outlined on the Google overlay). We would pay travel expenses and a per-day rate. Accommodation would be provided by local campaigners. My company will then look to see what we can do to help present to the public and officials with a clearer idea of the options than can be achieved with the current mapping in true neo-geographer way. Others will of course all have access to the resources for their own purposes. We would be looking for the following: * All roads, including classification, name, one way status in the area * Schools, pubs and other significant community facilities within the scheme area * The locations of key buildings that will be destroyed by the scheme * Key footpaths, in particular the walks mentioned on the campaign site: http://www.saveswallowswood.org.uk/walks.shtml * An approximate outline of Swallow wood. * An indication of the location of the new road and the position of the entrances to the tunnel section to the extent that this is practical. * Enter all data in OSM and validate by mid March at the latest. Please ask any questions on the list or email me directly if you are interested. Thanks, Peter Peter Miller Ito World Ltd 63 Cowper Street Ipswich IP45JA (m) +44 (0)7774 667213 <http://www.itoworld.com> www.itoworld.com
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