Barriers on Ashburton Road, Bovey Tracey
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Barriers on Ashburton Road, Bovey Tracey
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 14 Jun 2020
The barriers seen in the background of Image "Ashburton Road ... has been closed after a landslip and a disused mining tunnel under the road was found to be in danger of collapsing" https://www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118894&headline=ELDERLY%20HIT%20BY%20FEARS%20OF%20ROAD%20COLLAPSE§ionIs=news&searchyear=2020 . As https://www.boveytracey.gov.uk/includes/classes/forwardMedia.php?id=552 illustrates, this means a round trip of an extra five and a half kilometres for the residents of the park home estate at New Park, if they want to drive to Bovey Tracey - usually a kilometre and a half; many residents are elderly and rely on their cars.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.58049
Longitude
-3.681996