HGV's Latest

Following on from our letter to the chief con about the HGV problem had meeting with Chris Blakemore Community Support Officer today.

Chris will be contacting a few more people and will be getting their opinions about the problem and how to deal with it - there is for instance to be a meeting tomorrow evening (28/03/08 at 6.30pm) at St Ambrose church hall with the police, residents and councillors - please attend if you can.

Initial plan is for the police to contact local hauliers and Rockwoods and inform them of the problem (this includes the speeding issue). Presumably they'll be discussing practical ways of dealing with it.

Then will wait a few months to see what effect such discussions have had. Residents will need to monitor whether there have been any reductions in the incidents.

If problems continue the police will arrange further meetings with residents and hauliers and other interested parties eg Rockwoods, if possible, to see what other actions could be taken. One idea is to operate CCTV in Moorfield Rd near the entrance to Rockwoods in order to catch offending vehicles although as has been pointed out previously some of the HGV's have nothing to do with Rockwoods.

Will keep you informed about the situation at least it seems at last that the police are taking the matter seriously.