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Wednesday 6 Jul 2016

Network Rail to present plans for level crossing at Halesworth station

Region & Route:

| Eastern: Anglia

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| Southern

Residents are invited to an event to discuss Network Rail’s proposals for the barrow crossing at Halesworth station.

A public meeting will take place on Thursday 14 July from 6:30pm at the Auditorium at The Cut, 8 New Cut, Halesworth, IP19 8BY.

The last public meeting was held in February, when Network Rail presented proposals to close the crossing owing to significant safety concerns. Since this meeting, further site surveys and risk assessments have been carried out. The results of the surveys and assessments will be discussed at the meeting, along with Network Rail’s plans for the crossing.

Richard Schofield, Network Rail’s route managing director for Anglia, said: “Our top priority is the safety of everyone using Halesworth station. We have considered feedback given to us at the last meeting and carried out further site surveys and risk assessments. I want to encourage the public to come to the meeting to understand and discuss with us the proposals that we will put forward.”