All Things Traffic
Following the recent public meeting on 27 June 2024, a number of questions and requests were made of other partner agencies. On 25 July 2024, a report was taken to the Full Council meeting with the updated information that it had received.
At this meeting, it was also confirmed that the new PSPO for the whole village had been approved by NWLDC, but no confirmation was given as to when the use and enforcement of this will commence.
The Parish Council has strong concerns about the length of time the implementation of the village CCTV has taken, and has requested that NWLDC representative attends the next Parish Council meeting in September to explain and confirm when this scheme will be implemented.
The Parish Council will continue to work with the Police and partner agencies to try and achieve the best for the village.
Please continue to look back at the website as it is going to take a few days to access all the information and get it uploaded to here for you to use.
June 27th 2024 Public Meeting
Following the Parish Council meeting on the 27th June 2024, here is a summary of key discussions and action points that were raised. Please note that a comprehensive report with detailed links for issue logging will be available next week once all information has been compiled.
The Parish Council has received numerous complaints regarding traffic noise, speeding issues, anti-social behaviour (ASB), and car cruises. In response, the decision was made to engage in open dialogue with the community to address these concerns and provide updates on current initiatives and reporting procedures.
Key discussion topics included:
1. Traffic Calming
2. Car Cruising
3. Speed of traffic - response from NWLDC & Police
4. Noise from vehicles - response from NWLDC
5. ASB - car cruising/off road motor bikes
6. Report it - where, how, what
7. CCTV and mobile and fixed speed/noise options.
Approximately 40 members of the public attended the meeting, alongside parish, district, county councillors, and a police representative.
Action points :
- Parish Council to collate information available from LCC, NWLDC and Police in relation to ASB, noise and speed nuisance, car cruises and traffic calming and ensure that is uploaded onto its website and Facebook in an easy access manner.
- Traffic calming
- continue to put pressure on the LCC to implement this within a timely manner. Request for a timeline of when this is to be implemented and also for an up-to-date plan of what has been consulted on and approved.
- CCTV
- Insist that this project (village centre, bus station area and roving camera) is implemented within in a timely manner, requesting a definitive start date and complain to NWLDC about the process to date (5 years and waiting).
- Traffic speed through the village - Response From NWLDC
- Formally request that the Police undertake traffic surveys (black box data) with the view to gathering data that will then allow for traffic vehicle/ speed cameras etc to be funded and implemented.
- Request that the Police speak to some of the larger companies locally about the behaviour of their employees when arriving and leaving work at shift change time.
- Request that average speed cameras are looked at and costed by LCC.
- Car cruising
- Support the immediate implementation of a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to cover the whole of the village by NWLDC.
- Request assurance that the PSPO will be robustly enforced by the relevant bodies.
- Vehicle noise - Response from NWLDC
- Request NWLDC Environmental Health undertake noise monitoring in relation to potentially noisy vehicles.
- Request that the Police make all traffic matters (speed, noise, cruising) a Beat Priority and that they are given the manpower and funding to focus on these issues.
- Look at options for working with the Police Crime Commissioner to assist with funding and manpower to help address the issues raised.