WEST WORCESTERSHIRE MP Dame Harriett Baldwin has praised the speedy action to protect broadband services at the site of a collapsed road on the outskirts of Tenbury Wells.
The MP intervened after local residents shared their concerns about a broadband pole which was sited in the middle of the landslip which has closed the B4204 at Upper Rochford.
She immediately contacted Openreach and engineers worked with Worcestershire County Council to access the site and move the pole to a safer location.
The MP repeated her concerns about the absence of a plan to fix and re-open the road but she welcomed the swift response of Openreach to protect broadband connections.
Dame Harriett said: “When I visited the site, I saw the state of the telegraph pole which was clearly at risk of failure and asked Openreach to look into relocating the pole.
“This has been done swiftly and efficiently and I hope that it offers a measure of reassurance for the local people and local businesses who are facing a long period of road closures with no relief in sight.
“I’ve been told that the county council has limited resources to even carry out the site studies and they are a long way away from developing a plan to fix the road.
“There’s a new set of councillors running the highways department and I am hoping that this will inject some urgency into getting a repair plan prepared and budget found to get the work done quickly.”
