Mel Vasey died on Sunday the 15th January 2007, when he was struck from behind by a car on the A540 (the “Chester High Road”) close to the Two Mills junction and the Eureka café.

Click here to view a video tribute to Mel. Or download the movie here. (right-click and choose “Save Target As…” or “Save Link As…” for Firefox users). Or download a zipped archive of the photos here.

On the 29th of September a Memorial Ride will be held for Mel. Two routes will be used, with distances of 50 or 90 miles. Departure is between 9:00 and 10:30 am from the Eureka Café, with the return check-in closing at 4pm. Cost of entry is £5, with monies raised going towards purchasing Memorial Benches. See the poster for more details.

A memorial site for Mel has been set up at http://mel-vasey.gonetoosoon.co.uk. You can visit, read tributes from family and friends, and leave your own tribute.

We would request that Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council and Cheshire County Council consider the following:

1. Where it is not already so, reduce the speed limit on the A540 to 40 mph. The aim of this is to protect slow speed road users and traffic crossing the A540, and reduce the danger of glare from the winter sun rising in the South East.
2. Improve the safety of cyclists through application of suitable and appropriate safety measures.

How Can You Help?

Write to Cheshire County Council, outlining your support for this plan, and asking for their consideration. Write to:

Charles Lloyd
Locality Manager
Cheshire County Council
Backford Hall
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 6EA

 

Email your MP. Send an email to your MP, asking him or her to campaign for these changes to be made.

Here are the email addresses of our local MP’s:

Constituency	MP	Email address
Wirral South (the constituency where Mel, Danny McDonough and Dave Parry all reside)	Ben Chapman	chapmanb@parliament.uk
City of Chester (where the accident happened)	Christine Russell	russellcm@parliament.uk
Ellesmere Port & Neston (where much of the A540 lies)	Andrew Miller	millera@parliament.uk
Wirral West	Stephen Hesford	hesfords@parliament.uk
Wallasey	Angela Eagle	eaglea@parliament.uk
Birkenhead	Frank Field	fieldf@parliament.uk

If you are not from the area then you could contact either Ben Chapman or Christine Russell, emphasising their connection to the tragedy.

If we can succeed here we can hopefully prevent funeral escorts like this:

Thank you for your support at this time
The North End