Widening Cowdray Avenue and launching park-and-ride are key to tackling jams on the roads of Colchester.

Travellers' tales - Evening Gazette chief reporter Tom Weatherill presents the travel diaries to Rodney Bass, the county council's portfolio holder for highways and transport. (40577-1)

Essex County Council's highways supremo Rodney Bass was speaking after receiving travel diaries of town motorists and other travellers.

The Evening Gazette asked readers to fill in a travel diary charting their experiences of travelling through the town during one week.

It highlighted traffic jam hotspots at The Hythe, North Station and the Asda roundabout, and in the town centre along High Street.

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Published Thursday, January 20, 2005

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