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00:00Good morning, once again, people of Somerset. It's Daniel Mumby, your local democracy reporter,
00:07and you join me on a somewhat drizzly Monday morning at the Northgate docks in Bridgewater.
00:13We're at the northern terminus of the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal. You can just see the lock
00:19gates behind me and the River Parrot stretching off towards the Bristol Channel. But we're
00:25not here to talk about the history of the canal or work towpath this time. Instead,
00:30you join me today on a very special day for Bridgewater because it is the start of roadworks,
00:35around 14 months' worth of roadworks, off and on, to deliver the town's Celebration
00:40Mile as part of the Bridgewater Town Deal. The Celebration Mile will run eventually from
00:45these docks through the town centre, where we're going to be walking in a minute, all
00:49the way to the town's railway station. And it will be taking in numerous improvements
00:54which are being delivered using £9m from the Bridgewater Town Deal, on top of £5.2m
01:01which is going to be completely regenerating the dockside area. So please stick around
01:05for the next 20-30 minutes or so. I'm going to walk as briskly as I can so I don't get
01:10water on the lens and ruin the camera. And I'm going to be talking you through every
01:14section of the Celebration Mile, pointing out where work has already been carried out,
01:19which bits are going to be implemented using the Town Deal funding that we mentioned at
01:23the start, and which sections, unfortunately, will have to be left for another day. As ever
01:28with these live streams, if you have any questions or comments, do drop them in the comments
01:33section, I'll try to get to them as many as I can. If there are any issues with either
01:36sound or picture, please let me know. We've generally had a good record with 4G in Bridgewater
01:41Town Centre and the weather isn't totally inclement, so hopefully all will be well.
01:48So let's start off where the Celebration Mile starts, here at the Northgate docks. You can
01:52see it's clear of pontoons now, you can see the old Bowerings photo factory just in the
01:57background there. Now, as part of the Town Deal, this whole area is going to get a completely
02:03new lease of life. £5.2 million of public money from the government has been allocated
02:11to doing up this area, of which £4.2 million will go on the docks themselves. The actual
02:17dock infrastructure, a lot of it is Grade 2 listed, so there'll be work going on to
02:22create more attractive permanent moorings to clean out this whole basin, maybe implement
02:29some kind of leisure activity, pontoons, kayaks, that kind of thing. There'll be more details
02:34that will emerge in the coming months as the Town Council pushes for updates. You might
02:38have seen the article that we ran towards the end of last week where they were concerned
02:42about the lack of progress to date, since the drop-in just before Christmas last year.
02:47But there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes, so £4.2 million to actually make
02:53this a much more interesting and attractive place to live, a real commercial hub for the
02:57town, rather along the lines one suspects of what Exeter have done with their quayside.
03:03And the remaining £1 million will be used for walking and cycling improvements, not
03:07just around the perimeter of the docks area, but also creating a new walking and cycling
03:13bridge over the dock gates themselves. We're not entirely sure whether it's going to be
03:17over that bridge where we started, or that swing bridge there, by the actual dock gates.
03:24We might get both, if they can fit one that's cheap enough and also meet all the Department
03:29for Transport requirements. So £5.2 million, that will be finished sometime by mid-2026.
03:36We don't yet have a start date for it, but March 2026 is when the money from the Ministry
03:41for Housing, Communities and Local Government has to be spent by, and that will make this
03:47section of the Celebration Mile, the northern terminus of it, a much more attractive place
03:52to be. Like I say, we could wander down the towpath now, but a. that's not why we're here
03:57in Bridgewater today, and b. there's not much point until the Canals and Rivers Trust has
04:01gone into action later this month and actually cleared the blockage between Albert Street
04:06and West Street, which we're hoping, fingers crossed, again the Town Council are putting
04:11them under some pressure, will be done by the end of October. And if that's the case,
04:16we will then walk a much longer section of the path together.
04:20So we're now coming through from the Northgate Docks into the Brewery Field area, just before
04:27we cross into Northgate Yard. Now this whole area was regenerated quite recently before
04:35Sedgemoor District Council was abolished and subsumed into the new Unitary Authority.
04:42There was around £16 million of the Council's own money that was invested in here, and this
04:47section in the Brewery Field, as well as a children's play area that you can see in the
04:51distance, obviously I'm not going to point the camera at that for too long for obvious
04:55reasons, we are in the summer holidays after all, but this whole area has been set aside
04:59as attractive green space that also doubles as flood prevention. You can see various attenuation
05:06ponds which have got reeds and various other hardy plants growing out of them. And here
05:12we have a smooth level path, ideal certainly for pushchairs, but also wheelchairs, cyclists
05:20and pedestrians, whether you're able-bodied, relatively speaking like me, or whether you
05:26struggle. The point of the Celebration Mile is not just about creating an attractive route
05:33between two arbitrary points, it's about linking up various communities, creating various focal
05:40points within the town centre that then drives private investment in. So we're now coming
05:47through into Northgate Yard, home of the town's Scott's Cinema, along with the All Stars Bowl
05:55and the Nando's Restaurant, other brands are available. Now, in terms of value for
06:02money, I've just seen a couple of the comments coming through questioning the value for money.
06:07The one thing we should point out with this scheme is the money for the Celebration Mile,
06:14like every project within the town deal, is ring-fenced specifically to this, so it's
06:20not like the council can suddenly change its mind and say, actually we need that for fixing
06:24potholes or paying for carers or giving it to the police so that they can stop anti-social
06:30behaviour. It has to be spent by March 2026 on specifically agreed projects like this,
06:38otherwise the Treasury could just turn around and take it all back, and I think it's better
06:42to have 100% of something than 100% of nothing. So we're now walking through Northgate Yard,
06:51cinema's not open at the moment of course because it's nine in the morning just afterwards on a
06:55Monday, but hopefully this area as we go through the rest of the day will become much more bustling,
07:01and we are here today because this is the start of roadworks to deliver certain sections of the
07:09mile. We'll be coming to the actual roadworks section a little bit later in the stream,
07:14so please do stick around for that. In the meantime, we're going to cross over Mount
07:20Street using this handily placed pedestrian crossing. It should also be pointed out that
07:27the Celebration Mile was not something that was dreamt up on the back of an envelope when the
07:33Town Deal funding was announced back in 2019. This is a project that was in the works for the
07:39best part of a decade under Sedgmore District Council with numerous rounds of consultation,
07:43so for everyone saying nobody wants it, clearly somebody wants it because otherwise it wouldn't
07:51have gone ahead through those rounds of consultation, but of course everyone is
07:55entitled to their opinion and your opinions are very welcome on this stream so long as
07:59you keep your language civil, and so far so good on that front. If you've only just joined me,
08:04it's Daniel Mumby here, your local democracy reporter. We're walking the Celebration Mile
08:09in British Water and we've made it as far as Angel Crescent. You see the entrance to the
08:15Angel Place shopping centre on our right, various businesses around, and we're going to pause here
08:20just a second because this whole section here is one of the three that is going to be upgraded
08:26through that funding from the Celebration Mile. Now, some of the improvements for cost purposes
08:34as a result of the high inflation in the construction industry have had to be scaled
08:38back a little. However, what we can say is that from November the 4th until around late May next
08:45year, all of this surface with the slightly uneven cobbling and paving will be taken up and replaced
08:53with much more attractive and smoother materials. There will also be some cosmetic improvements to,
08:59I don't know what you would call them, the sort of the undercrofts, the colonnades,
09:03these areas around the shopping centre and it's designed to create a pleasant thoroughfare
09:08where there can be pop-up shops and events held just to funnel people through from Northgate Yard
09:16and the docks further into the town centre. So, like I say, this section you won't notice much
09:20difference until around the time of carnival season and obviously any work that is started
09:26will be paused once the carnival actually gets underway just to ensure that there's
09:32no disruption for that linchpin of our cultural calendar here in Bridgewater and in Somerset in
09:38general. We're very proud, rightly, of our colourful carnival tradition and we've now
09:45come on to Clare Street, if I get back on the pavement, and this is the second section
09:51which is being updated. You can see we've left the pedestrianised part through Angel Crescent
09:57and come into this other complex and I would say intimidating junction. If you don't know the
10:03town very well it's a question of where do I look, which section do I watch out for on vehicles.
10:08Now, this section is going to start work on February 17th next year, that's 2025, and that
10:15will be upgraded in three phases over a period of around seven months. So, we're looking at this
10:21whole part being finished around about September-October time, if I've got that correct,
10:28and hopefully this whole section will be much easier to navigate. There will be some parking
10:34remaining for Blue Badge passengers but a lot of the parking that's here already will be taken out
10:39making it much smoother and a more attractive proposition to walk in and cycle into the town
10:44centre. Part of the thinking behind the Celebration Mile is to make Bridgewater a much more friendly
10:52place for walkers, cyclers and wheelers. It's not about being anti-car exactly, it's about
11:00creating an area where if you can walk and cycle you can do so feeling much more safe
11:06and if you do need to drive there are still plenty of routes into the town centre that you can
11:12utilise. So, we're now coming into the Corn Hill section, past the Grade 1 listed Corn Hill itself
11:19which if you've been following our coverage of Somerset Council's financial position
11:24is actually on the block to be sold off. They're trying to raise between £17 and £21 million
11:32and part of that is coming from selling off assets like this which are in Council ownership
11:38but underutilised for the time being. We're just going to carry on a little further down.
11:44So, this whole section around Corn Hill and 4th Street as you can see is already pedestrianised.
11:49It's in reasonable condition. I'm sure there'll be many on this stream and after the event who
11:55will be clamouring for further improvements and there are a few stones here and there which could
12:00be relayed or have a bit more masonry put on them but in general this is a relatively easy
12:05stretch to navigate and we're going to continue down. We're about halfway to our destination now.
12:12Halfway to what's Journey's End at the railway station. Thank you for your comments so far.
12:18They're all very much on the same kind of theme that this is not the thing we should be spending
12:22money on at the moment but I will just reiterate whilst that may well be a valid opinion this is
12:29the only thing that this particular pot of money can be spent on. If these improvements are not
12:35implemented Somerset Council and the Bridgewater Town Deal Board either have to renegotiate with
12:41the Treasury which could take months or even years or they simply have to hand the money back.
12:48But it's nice to see these changes generating such a lively debate. It's better than saying nobody cares.
12:58If you've only just joined me it's Daniel Munby here your local democracy reporter.
13:03We are walking the Celebration Mile in Bridgewater Town Centre. We started our journey
13:09this morning at the Northgate Docks. We have walked down through Northgate Yard,
13:16through Angel Crescent, Clare Street and through the Corn Hill area and we have now come
13:23to what for the next six months or so will be the hub of the roadworks. This is the
13:29junction at the town bridge at Binford Place and as you can see from these signs there'll be initial
13:35roadworks right through the rest of this month. As we cross over the bridge I'll talk you through
13:42where the major improvements are coming in. We just look over the River Parrot and we will take
13:48a little excursion down Salmon Parade in a moment for reasons that will become clear.
13:54So this is the junction of Salmon Parade, Eastover and East Quay with New Road a little further down
14:02there. You can already see some temporary traffic lights in force. Now this is going to be the focus
14:08of the first phase of roadworks. They will be staggered over several sub-phases but Eastover
14:15will be the one getting the treatment first and essentially Eastover is going to be changed into
14:22one-way. There'll be one-way restrictions implemented throughout including down Salmon
14:28Parade towards the existing junction with the A38. We'll go down there in a second and there'll also
14:34be a one-way system in place here with new cycle routes being put in place. Now we're going to
14:41nip down Salmon Parade off the mile just for a short section because this Town Deal project,
14:49one of the reasons that it's taken a while to get off the ground is because it lies very,
14:53very close to another major regeneration project in Bridgewater and if you know this part of the
14:59town centre well I think you can guess what I'm talking about. So as part of the Government's
15:06levelling up fund, the round two of the levelling up fund, £19.7 million was granted
15:13to Somerset Council to create a new health and social care academy in the building that is just
15:21in front of us now. The former Bridgewater Community Hospital which closed down back in
15:272014 so 10 years ago when the new site on Bower Lane opened. It's been subject to various
15:34developmental proposals over the years including one aborted effort to turn it into a hotel and spa.
15:39It's been subject to vandalism and anti-social behaviour for many years
15:43and now there is the money to turn this into essentially a training base for the next
15:49generation of health and social care professionals as well as providing funding for a satellite site
15:55up in Minehead which will be operating out of the newly created police station
16:02off Stevenson Road which you may remember us talking about. So one of the reasons that the
16:07Celebration Mile has taken a while to come to fruition is the two different project teams have
16:11been talking to each other intently so that when the Celebration Mile improvements are laid along
16:17the pavements and the roads where we're currently standing they won't have to dig those improvements
16:22up within six months when all the building work starts on here. And from what we understand from
16:29a drop-in event that was held about a couple of weeks ago at Bridgewater Library which is just
16:34behind those trees over there if you're not familiar with the town,
16:38the Celebration Mile work will get a certain distance down Salmon Parade. It will then skirt
16:43around the hospital sort of working under contraflow and lots of areas coned off while the
16:50hospital is regenerated and then refurbished and opened up and then the final section down towards
16:57the A38 there will be completed once the hospital work is done. It's good to see the project teams
17:03talking to each other and this whole area of Bridgewater will change drastically not just in
17:08terms of its appearance but in terms of its role. At the moment like you can see it's all
17:13boarded up, it's seen better days, the buildings next to it aren't too bad to be honest,
17:18but this is intended to kick-start further investment in the town. It's not just about
17:23spending public money so that the private sector doesn't have to dip into its own pockets,
17:29the public sector investment is about laying the groundwork so that those private investors look at
17:34Bridgewater and say you know what that's a place on the up, that's a place where I feel I could
17:40make a tidy profit, let's invest in it. If you've only just joined me here on Somerset Live this
17:47morning it's Daniel Mumby your local democracy reporter. We're talking about regeneration,
17:51we're talking about Bridgewater and the Celebration Mile where roadworks, around 14 months worth of
17:57roadworks scattered across the town centre are getting underway today. The initial stage of the
18:03roadworks for the next three weeks won't seem too invasive, a lot of it is a preparatory side of
18:10things before they can actually start laying the cycle lanes or making any of the other improvements
18:15to improve the pedestrian milieu of this section of Bridgewater. We're walking past the former
18:23flower shop there which could become a restaurant and takeaway if planning permission is granted
18:28and we're now going to cut back on the mile itself and head down east over. You may remember the
18:35live stream that we did, must be getting on for two years ago now, certainly 18 months,
18:40where we were walking with Doug Bamsey from the then district council but that was in the other
18:47direction we were coming up east over and talking about the various improvements that are being made.
18:51Like I say at the moment it's two-way traffic with parking spaces but a lot of that will change.
18:57This street is going to become one-way, there'll be a one-way system that bends around off
19:02the A38 Broadway as I just step in to let this gentleman pass
19:08and again it's a section of the town which
19:13you really feel by restricting cars it could encourage much more of a pedestrian-friendly
19:20atmosphere and again the whole Celebration Mile philosophy is not anti-car, it's not saying no
19:25one is allowed to drive in the town centre, it's saying if you need to drive such as if you're a
19:31delivery driver or a paramedic or anything like that it's still possible but if you can walk or
19:36cycle then we encourage you to do so and we will make it so that you can walk and cycle.
19:44For that to happen and of course we should touch on the health benefits of active travel
19:52aside from cutting out pollution from unnecessary short trips and fossil fuel vehicles
20:00it actually improves physical and mental health as well by getting out and about.
20:04I certainly feel the benefits of doing these live streams for my own health and well-being
20:09and hopefully some of those vicarious benefits are rubbing off on you and you feel inspired to
20:14get out and about. If you want more of a discussion on the health and welfare benefits of new walking
20:21and cycling links I urge you to check out the live stream that we did with Gerard Tucker a few
20:26weeks ago in the village of Aller looking at the new route that they're building to connect their
20:30village with Langport and how that is driven by those health and well-being initiatives and the
20:37huge difference they can make particularly to the lives of elderly and isolated people.
20:43So we're now coming to the bottom of East Ober next to the Mercure Hotel rooming up in front of
20:49us. The Mercure Hotel of course which is going to be expanded very shortly building on the old
20:55little side the old Aldi side I should say which we've just passed
20:58turning that into extra rooms with conference facilities and I'm just going to press the
21:04button and hang around here for a second because we are now at the junction of the A38 Broadway
21:12and the A372 St John's Street where we're heading next. This whole junction was upgraded a year ago
21:18by Somerset County Council now Somerset Council at a cost of 1.7 million pounds that was funded
21:25through its traffic signals replacement program which has been running on now for about two or
21:30three years and they used that opportunity rather than just fixing the traffic lights and then having
21:35to come back later they used that opportunity to actually put in parts of the Celebration Mile
21:40infrastructure. You can see elements of cycle routes we've got a wide cycle friendly crossing
21:45over the A38 in addition to this cheap pen structure for ordinary pedestrians as I
21:50head across into the Middle Island. It did result in quite a bit of disruption for motorists.
21:58That's a very good question Andy. If you're coming up from the railway station
22:03St John's Street for the time being at least is staying two ways so you can still go up or down
22:08however Eastover is going to be flowing I believe down towards the railway station. I will double
22:14check that for you. We will post links in the description to articles that we've done on the
22:20Eastover stretch. I wouldn't want to give you false information but like I say there will be a
22:25predominantly one-way system so if you do need to get up onto Eastover you can.
22:31It's something I very much should have had to hand but I'm relying very much on previous
22:37articles and my other phone is being a little glitchy this morning so please bear with me.
22:41We're just waiting for the lights to change on this section. I'm not going to
22:44run across into the middle of the A38. Also a very good question Simon. Our understanding is
22:51that there will still be enough room for HGVs to make deliveries. We don't know whether there will
22:56be any time restrictions on how long they can stay there and Somerset Council have assured us that
23:02certainly during construction there will be alternative routes in place so that local
23:07businesses shouldn't suffer unduly. We should point out that the contractor for these works
23:15is a company called Taylor Woodrow also known as South West Highways which is the same company
23:20that has carried out the improvements in Yeovil Town Centre under the Yeovil Refresh. Those are
23:25reaching a late stage of things. We did a live stream of the new cycle routes that are coming in
23:31to Yeovil Town Centre fixing up all those missing links in from the country park and other sections.
23:38It's one of those, it's one of these projects where it's so large scale that if you do it all
23:42in one go you end up upsetting a lot of people at the same time whereas if you stretch it out
23:47okay it can seem like it's going on forever but you actually end up with less
23:51of an invasive scheme and we are going to, we are still waiting for our light to turn green. I'm not
23:59going to take any undue risks but this reinforces how essential this crossing is because this is one
24:07of the busiest junctions in the whole of Bridgewater and I'm glad that I'm not having to
24:12play chicken with all those Land Rovers. Other cars are available. Yes, the carnival is still
24:17going ahead this year and any roadworks that are going on by the time we get towards Guy Fawkes
24:22tonight will be paused so you'll still be able to get into the town centre. All of the, now I need
24:28to use the correct term here, all the carts, the floats, whichever term is correct, I think it's
24:32carts, will still be able to move on the standard route unimpeded. As for whether I'm for or against
24:39it, that's not a question I think I can appropriately answer. My job is to present you
24:44with the arguments for and against. I think a lot of the comments that we've had so far have been
24:48against but I've been attempting to lay out the rationale in favour of it as well just to provide
24:54some balance and it's ultimately up to you particularly if you're a resident of Bridgewater
25:01to make up your own mind and I guess you could also make the argument of you won't know how well
25:06it works until it's finished. Anyway, we've come on to the final stretch of our live stream now.
25:10We're now on the A372 St John Street which, like I say, for the time being is still a two-way street.
25:19You can see the on-road cycle links which are in place in much more of a bits and pieces
25:26arrangement than the section that will be going on to Eastover but the town council are looking at
25:34small improvements that they can make to the existing arrangement to either extend
25:40these routes or make them more friendly and approachable. Somerset Council does not have
25:45funding for this stretch of the Celebration Mile. This is the trickiest stretch to get right because
25:50you can tell it's very narrow. It's the main thoroughfare from the town centre to the railway
25:57station so you can't just slap a one-way system on and say job done. You've got a lot of businesses
26:02along here, a lot of independent businesses who rely on footfall whether it's from the town centre
26:09or the station so it's very very tricky to get this right but rest assured it is being looked at.
26:16I think it would be a great tragedy whether for financial reasons or a lack of ambition
26:22if the whole of the Celebration Mile from the docks down was delivered until this point because
26:30it would give the impression for people visiting Bridgewater by rail that there wasn't the appetite
26:36there to finish the job but rest assured it is being looked at. It's getting very noisy here
26:42because we've got a road sweeper behind us. Thank you for bearing with me and thank you for all your
26:47comments and questions so far. If you haven't who just joined us don't worry I'll bring you up to
26:52speed. My name is Daniel Mumby. I'm your local democracy reporter. We are walking the Celebration
26:57Mile in Bridgewater town centre as 14 months worth of road works begin in various phases of
27:05numerous different sections to deliver three key parts of the Celebration Mile. £9 million from
27:12the Bridgewater town deal is being spent delivering the sections on Angel Crescent, Clare Street
27:19and Eastover along with the surrounding streets of Eastover, Sound Parade, New Road and East Quay
27:25that we mentioned on top of £5.2 million to regenerate the Northgate docks and like I said
27:32a few minutes ago we're now on the A372 St John Street which is the easternmost section of the
27:40mile. This section does not have town deal funding. There are various discussions going on with town
27:49and unitary councillors, with the representatives of Hinkley Point C, with Network Rail, with Great
27:55Western Railway who run the railway station on ways that they can improve the walking and cycling
28:02infrastructure because you can see at the moment there's a few bits of demarcated walking and
28:07cycling routes and a lot of it is on road. It kind of finishes and starts again. It's a bit
28:12threadbare or at least patchwork. One could argue they've done the best with the space they had and
28:19the funds they've had to date but clearly more thought is needed and the reason that this bit
28:23is important aside from the fact that we want to create a positive first impression for people
28:29arriving into Bridgewater by rail which is something we should be encouraging, not just
28:33using cars, is that around this roundabout here the 372 carries on out towards east Bridgewater
28:43and then on to the Somerset Levels to Western Soylent and O3 and eventually to Langford
28:49and there are huge amounts of new homes that are being built in that direction. You may remember the
28:55stream we did back around Christmas time with the Bridgewater area cycling campaign
29:01looking at the routes from those new homes. We reckon more than 750 by the time all the
29:06sites are improved and built out and if you're going to ensure that all those new residents
29:13aren't reliant on the private car you have to look at ways to encourage sustainable transport.
29:19Part of that will come from fixing the bus interchange at the railway station up here
29:25where we'll be finishing in just a moment but part of that is also about providing safe
29:30walking and cycling routes so that if you're able to walk into the talent centre,
29:34not just willing but able, you can do so without taking your life into your hands.
29:41You can just see the existing footbridge over the railway station which is looming into view
29:48and funnily enough today Somerset Council's executive will be meeting
29:54just down the road in Taunton to discuss further improvements to Bridgewater focused around the
30:00Dunbar and the Cross Rifles roundabouts which we've touched on in the past
30:04but also focusing on a new cycle link linking the Cross Rifles area
30:11with Bridgewater and Taunton College via a possible new cycle bridge on the A39 Bath Road
30:17but to quote CGP Grey off YouTube, that's a story for another time and if you get that in
30:25joke I'll be very impressed. So we're just winding our way through past the
30:33currently redundant bus link here in the car park at Bridgewater railway station. Buses
30:38currently are struggling to use this turning circle and actually pick up passengers.
30:43Your recently elected MP Sir Ashley Fox has been lobbying for this to be fixed. It was one
30:49of those things that was put in place when GWR upgraded Bridgewater railway station several
30:54years ago and for one reason or another it didn't quite go to plan so hopefully that will be sorted
31:00pretty soon and we have come to the end of our journey at the end of the celebration mile.
31:06Yes Andy, I agree a spiral bridge replacing the current staggered step one would be a lot easier
31:15to encourage access over the railway line from all these residential streets that stretch off
31:20into the distance in East Bridgewater. Well I hope that's been illuminating for you. I hope
31:25certainly it's given you a tangible idea of what the celebration mile is and where the improvements
31:30are going to come along with the parts to watch for the future. If you missed any part of this
31:35there will be a full article appearing at various outlets later today or early tomorrow talking
31:39about the roadworks. Like I say for the first few weeks it will not be too intrusive or invasive.
31:45You will be able to still get through without too much impediment or impediment that's
31:50the word I'm searching for but do plan your journeys ahead as we go into the autumn
31:55and things ramp up. I will be back for another live stream this Saturday. At the moment we're
32:01looking at doing Vivery Park and heading south from there into the Killhams area of Taunton,
32:07maybe going as far as Killhams Park, maybe just to Sherford. We'll see how the weather holds
32:11but in the meantime thank you very much for your time. Thank you for all your comments and questions.
32:15I'm Daniel Mumby, your local democracy reporter. Have a tremendous week. Bye from Bridgewater.