Thursday, October 09, 2014

IS A BRIGG YARD A HIGHWAY?

Call Brigg Blog a shade sad if you will, but we like to read and inwardly digest the official public notices pinned to shops, offices and lamp-posts.
Every so often this old-fashioned journalistic habit pays off. And such was the case on Sunday when we were walking down College Yard and spied a notice on a post outlining that the new Amici's cafe is needing to seek official licensing approval, through North Lincolnshire Council, to put tables and chairs outside, on the pavement.
You may see nothing unusual in that. But the application makes reference to "the highway" and College Yard is blocked off at both ends by bollards. And even if the bollards were removed,  you couldn't squeeze anything wider than an old bubble car through at the Old Courts Road end of the Yard.
We can only conclude that "highway" - in local government circles - does not mean what most of us think it means...a road carrying vehicles.
Several businesses in Brigg Market Place have had to make similar applications relating to tables and chairs outside their premises, but delivery and emergency vehicles can still access that part of the town centre, which is not the case with College Yards, where bollards are in place.

2 comments:

Ken Harrison said...


Nige,
I must be sad, too - but according to English jurisdiction, 'Highway' can be defined as -


All-purpose highway
Ancient highway
Bridleway
Byway open to all traffic (BOAT)
Carriageway
Classified road
County road
Cycle track
Cycleway
Footpath
Footway
GLA road
Green Lane
Greenway
Made-up carriageway
Main road
Metropolitan Road
Motorway
Permissive path
Principal road
Public path
Public right of way
Quiet road
Restricted byway
Road
Road to which the public has access
Road used as a public path (RUPP)
Special road
Strategic road in London
Street
Toll road
Trunk road
Unadopted highway
Unclassified road
Walkway
Way

NIGEL FISHER said...

I did it HIGH WAY (Frank Sinatra)