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April 2017
No.431
Highways Update The Parish Council established a working party in early 2016 to look at traffic issues on Stradbroke’s roads. The working party would like to thank the residents who came to share their views with them at the recent meeting in the Library. So far this year the Parish Council has been able to: Secure a place on the TVAS rota which have been deployed in the village in recent months. Kill your speed signs are on order to be placed on the poles when the TVAS are not deployed. Reach agreement to replace the permanent VAS sign at Westhall that was damaged some time ago, with the help of Cllr McGregor. This will flash a picture of children running and the words slow down should a vehicle trigger it. Arrange for the Highways department to carry out a speed survey on the Laxfield Road. Arrange for our safer neighbourhood policing team to carry out surveys of New Street and Laxfield Road with a view to possibly deploying the SafeCam mobile enforcement unit. Stradbroke has in the past had a Community Speed Watch Group who had access to the community speed gun which is used by Laxfield, to add to this the Parish Council have recently investigated the cost of a community Speed Indicator Device (a pole mounted box similar to that used in Hoxne). This unit would need to be installed, the data it collects downloaded on to a PC and the battery charged ready to be moved between the sites. The Parish Council are keen to hear from any resident willing to join a Community Speed Watch Group to operate both the hand held gun during day light hours and to move/download data/charge the Speed Indicator Device. If you feel you could help with this, please contact Odile Wladon, the Clerk, at stradbrokepc@outlook.com or on 07555 066147.