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More footbridge issues

Posted on August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Below is an extract from my email to EA dated 21-8-2025


Thank you for your email and it was a surprise and pleasure to receive a response from you personally.  I sent my original email to _______ simply because I am concerned that (in the most general of terms) the EA does not appear to learn and do better as time goes on.  To be precise my concern is not with the individuals but more about EA corporate cultural and policy shortcomings and the lack of accountability.
I will mention that I am now looking yet again at the partially repaired Berry Hill footbridge (No 2 over the Jubilee River).  In particular I have noted that concrete walls inhibit or prevent inspection/maintenance of the structure.  I will be raising this and other concerns at the next Parish Council Meeting.
I must also mention that I am extremely unhappy that local Authorities are now having to bear the costs of maintenance, repair or replacement of bridges that were not there prior to the construction of the Jubilee River.
Please feel free to contact me.

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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