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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It isn’t open yet (at least when I last checked) – I’ve left the A12 where the park and ride is being built to the north of J28 and headed south to see if it was open. I’ve made a note where I amended the section to the south that was open (and still roadworks) when I last drove through:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/264728#map=15/51.9227/0.9052&layers=N">http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/264728#map=15/51.9227/0.9052&layers=N</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Still closed yesterday according to this story in our local paper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/12693243.Roadworks_trigger_Park_and_Ride_changes/">http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/12693243.Roadworks_trigger_Park_and_Ride_changes/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>and a temporary route will be used until the over-running roadworks is completed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I subscribe to the local paper as well as follow them and a number of their reporters on Twitter, so when it does open I’ll go up there and get a GPS trace as I did the day J28 first opened (although anyone else local is welcome to try and get there first…)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ed (Clacton-on-Sea)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stuart Reynolds [mailto:stuart@travelinesoutheast.org.uk] <br><b>Sent:</b> 02 April 2015 14:37<br><b>To:</b> talk-gb OSM List E-mail<br><b>Subject:</b> [Talk-GB] Any mappers in Colchester who can help map a road?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#5856D6'><br></span>Are there any mappers in Colchester who could survey the new Northern Approach Road phase 3 to the east and south of the old Severalls Hospital? The proposed alignment is shown on OSM, but Google has it differently at the western end, and also shows a set of roads south of Colchester Rugby Club (NW of Mill Road, opposite Brinkley Grove Road) that are not on OSM.<br><span style='color:#5856D6'><br></span>Essex County Council need me to route a bus along it, so a) I understand from them that it is open and no longer under construction and will annotate OSM accordingly, and b) I am going to go with the alignment shown for the time being as it seems to align to a route map that I have been sent.<br><span style='color:#5856D6'><br></span>But clearly surveyed data would be better if we can get it, please!<br><span style='color:#5856D6'><br></span>Regards,<br>Stuart<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>