I've just heard that the council is to carry out a survey in Barrows Green Lane regarding what the residents think about the installation of speed humps along the lane.
The Green Party along with other residents have been campaigning for over a year about HGV's and speeding traffic using the lane and one of the spin offs of this has been the setting up of the Lorry Watch scheme in 2008. The scheme has provided the police and the council with information about haulage firms contravening the weight restrictions on Barrows Green lane and Moorfield Rd.
The Green Party have been in touch with the council about other ways of combatting the problem - one of these has been considering the provision of different types of speed humps but this would obviously have to be with the consent of the majority of residents.
Initial reaction from the council didn't seem to be very positive. They indicated that there weren't sufficient monies available to consider such a project. But it seems that the pressure placed on the council from Lorry Watch and the Green Party and individual residents has paid dividends.
This is a clear example how Green Party involvement in a community can get things moving particularly when the main council administration, in this case Labour, is under pressure electorally.
In the Halton View ward situation the fact that the Greens are 130 votes behind Labour and stand a good chance of taking the seat next year seems to be galvanising the Labour Party into action in the ward.
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