I have recently received an email from community support officer Chris Blakemore who says that the police are considering pressing for speed bumps on Barrows Green Lane to combat HGV's and speeding.
Whether this is going to happen will depend on whether there would be sufficient support for the proposal from residents.
I have looked at some evidence re the effectiveness of traffic calming on stopping HGV's using certain routes and it doesn't indicate that such measures are particularly useful. HGV's are obviously slowed down but continue to use these routes. So I would question the use of speed bumps as an answer to the problem.
The other issue would be Moorfield Rd which also has a weight restriction - whatever measures are implented for Barrows Green Lane would also need to be used in Moorfield Rd in order that traffic is not diverted to that road.
I'm hoping to see the CSO's in the next few days - I want to know how they view the effectiveness of their recent actions, eg contacting hauliers that have been using Barrows Green Lane - our surveys indicate that problems continue. Also will be discussing any other ideas they have re dealing with the problem. I've been looking at what other local authorities are doing and want to discuss this with the police
It looks like all the recent activities of local residents are paying off - it certainly seems that we're getting some action at last, lets just hope it's effective!
If anyone wants to be present at our meeting with the police please let us know.
Tel 0151 423 1692
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