A REQUÊTE brought by Trinity residents to force a meeting on changes to the parish’s road network has been withdrawn, after amendments were made to plans for a crossing.
Parishioners used the ancient legal device to oblige their Constable to hold a parish assembly, which was scheduled for Thursday.
But the new design of the Rue ès Picots crossing – which will allow two-way traffic to continue as opposed to the previous plan that would have given priority to traffic from the east – has left the majority of the signatories satisfied.
Parishioners were concerned that the former crossing design could have created long tail-backs, additional noise pollution and meant that motorists used Rue de La Petite Falaise and adjoining lanes instead.
Constable Philip Le Sueur confirmed that changes had been made to the plans but said he had received lots of emails from parishioners wondering why others were “making such a fuss”.
Mr Le Sueur previously said that while he respected the right of parishioners to bring a requête – which requires ten signatories regardless of which parish it is brought in – he was disappointed with the last-minute nature of the move.
Preliminary work on the road is scheduled to begin today.
The assembly on Thursday will still go ahead at 7.15pm at the Parish Hall, with other parish business due to be discussed. This will include a verbal financial progress report on the cost of work at the Rectory to date and the appointment of two Constable’s Officers for Trinity’s honorary police force – one for the Vingtaine of Rozel and the other for the Vingtaine of Croiserie.
