At the turn of the century, it was a rowing lake, which was found only viable if 500 houses were built. The project was certainly a clash, but also a blocking tactic too. Now this development which on a flood plain offers no rail link, blocks our rail route and locks-in either Northern Route, Southern route (avoids Bedford) or no route for a rail link.
Local councils have had decades to sort a route out, we and our predecessors have lobbied and been up and down hill on routes and met protracted vested interests and misconceptions on the benefits of rail, running scared of any financial risk and liability, when in fact the railway would bring flows of sustainable revenue to the heart of the County Town and surrounding areas.
Please email your MP's and join us in calling for local champions for our rail route and tailor development around rail corridors, not on top of them. Cycleway can be slewed with a fence between it and a railway. Speed is not everything, a local railway can beat congestion and deliver hundreds of people to what an area has to offer.
