by Arash Hekmat
Plans for a caravan park in Chepstow, in Wales, have been labeled a “recipe for disaster” with councilors opposing the situation of the proposed site on a “notorious stretch of road”.
According to the South Wales Argus, councillor David Dovey said that creating a touring caravan park at Tredegar Farm, in Devauden, would be dangerous.
This is because access would be provided by the B2345, a notoriously dangerous stretch of road where at least three people have died in recent years.
He told members of Monmouthshire Council’s planning committee that collisions would be possible as holidaymakers enter the middle of the road towing their caravans at low speed.
Ian Moore, of Shirenewton Community Council, spoke at the meeting, explaining how the B4235 is “almost a racetrack for some bikers” at weekends.
“We are concerned these amended plans do not and cannot increase visibility on this notorious stretch of road,” he was quoted as saying.
There are 11 licenced sites for touring caravans in Monmouthshire, including Tump Farm Caravan Site in Whitebrook and Bridge Caravan and Camping Site in Dingestow.
