Ashford Lane footbridge – simply so rotten in more areas than you can possibly imagine – that it collapsed into the Jubilee River. What an embarrassment! I think there is a need…
Ashford Lane Footbridge – Failure analysis
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Ashford Lane footbridge: Failure analysis is a systematic process used to investigate and determine the root cause of a failure in a product, component, or system. It involves examining the…
Ashford Lane footbridge collapse – just the beginning?
Ashford Lane footbridge collapse – is this just the beginning? Here we go again. Apparently this (now collapsed) footbridge that previously carried the public footpath over the Jubilee River at Lake End…
Jubilee River footbridge collapsed (Number 10 – Ashford Lane).
Here we go again. Footbridge number 10 over the Jubilee River has collapsed. Known as ‘Ashford Lane’ and located in Dorney – this timber bridge was designed and constructed over the Jubilee…
The DRCCT and Datchet Parish Council
Some newly co-opted Councillors and the Clerk on Datchet Parish Council are still asserting that they manage the DRCCT. For the 2015 Datchet Parish election there were 23 nominations for 15 places. …
Clamped vehicles now gone
UPDATED 25/6/2025 And then they were gone – vehicles that have been left for many months and been clamped – have now gone. We have had a visit from the DVLA…
Jubilee River – the 23rd Anniversary
The Jubilee River (the main element of the Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme) was ceremonially opened by Prince Andrew in July 2002. You can read what was reported at the…
RBWM paid ‘gravy train’ firm £500,000 for Maidenhead Golf Course deal
This is an extract from the Slough Observer – RBWM paid ‘gravy train’ firm £500,000 for Maidenhead Golf Course deal By Nick Clark – Local Democracy Reporter Windsor and Maidenhead council paid…
Black Potts footbridge (over the Jubilee River between Datchet and Eton) still closed until further notice!
UPDATED BELOW 18-6-2025 I have now reported that the closed Black Potts footbridge on RBWM Datchet Footpath 4 has no advance warning or diversionary signage. RBWM is awaiting an engineer’s inspection…
New EA Jubilee (River) web site
This is information from the Environment Agency. Please note the name change (the word ‘River’ is now replaced by ‘Flood Relief Channel’) and the EA claim to be the ‘main source of…