A letter to Tony Sharps about Traffic Calming

Councilor Tony Sharps
Northop Hall

Dear Tony,
I read in this evening's Evening Leader that the bumps in Northop Hall are not high enough. Motorists complain about traffic calming methods but they won't slow down so we have to have traffic calming methods. They cannot see that they are a danger to children, pedestrians and horses.

I see you are getting fed up with meaningless correspondence with Flintshire Highways. With your pedigree and length of service as a Councilor you seem to be struggling with Highways, I can see why my crusade against speeding in Chester Rd, Penyffordd feels somewhat "against the wind"

The most effective method of traffic calming are platforms. Raised 5" for may be 2,3 or 4 yards length of road all the way across in a series, they are installed in most modern housing estates especially outside Flintshire. The angle of entry to the platform governs how fast a vehicle can go over the platform. The more steeper the angle the slower vehicles have to go. Flintshire Highways must have specifications for this traffic calming method.

Also Northop Hall lends itself perfectly for the introduction of 20 mph compulsory speed limits with its narrow village centre.

Cheshire, Merseyside and Wrexham have 20 mpg compulsory zones by the hundred.

I am not aware of anywhere in Flintshire that has compulsory 20mph zones.

Chester Rd, Penyffordd a route to school needs one.

After your exposure in The Evening Leader today there is a chance that other representatives of villages in Flintshire will communicate with you over their frustrations with Flintshire Highways. Penyffordd's representatives Colin Bithell and David Williams I am sure would welcome discussion's to persuade Flintshire County Council that their current attempts at traffic calming are moribund and that they need to up their game.

regards Colin Hughes

http://penyffordd-district.blogspot.com/

PostScript: I see you still have some influence as you have Dave Falkner (Acting Director for Environment and Regeneration) coming down for a site meeting.
Dave gave Penyffordd the brush off but Flint gets whatever it wants....................................