A proposed protest letter to be circulated through the village

I suppose the first week of school holidays is not the best time to gather support. The following will be distributed around the village come September. It may have to be altered if Flintshire Highways move into a gear.

Hello Penyffordd Resident,
Very slow progress is being made to stop the daily speeding and the use of Chester Road as a rat run and speeding in other roads in Penyffordd.
Cars, Lorries and Motorbikes speed past my house on Chester Rd by the 1000 each day doing speeds of 50 and 60 mph, motorbikes doing 80 mph. 2800 vehicles each day at present.
1,040,000 a year. At present Chester Road operates as the Second By - Pass.

So far Mark Tami MP and Carl Sargeant AM have made representations to Flintshire County Council.
Mark Isherwood AM is to table a question to Jane Davidson AM the Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Environment and Regeneration.
Our two County Councilors Colin Bithell CC and David Williams CC have started the ball rolling by arranging a meeting with Flintshire Highways which produced positive results that are in the planning stage at the moment. Highways have been on this 90 days. Arrive Alive and North Wales Police will be targeting Chester Rd and Vounog in future.
I have brought this matter to the attention of Penyffordd Community Council on various occasions.
Proposed.
1. Rumble Strips on entry to village from Broughton
2. *A pelican crossing outside the Post Office
An alternative would be a raised zebra crossing where the LollyPop lady used to be.
3. An extra 30 mph sign at the entrance to the village
4. A possible pro active speed indicator sign for entrance to Chester Rd
* not discussed but the removal of double yellow lines would be needed otherwise this would be unfair to the PO.
The above will not stop the speeders in my opinion but it is a start. Other areas of Corwen Rd, Wrexham Road need to be protected from speeders.

The developments of Warren Hall A55 Exit, Broughton Park Extension and the Warren Hall Development will add annually many millions of vehicles using Chester Road, Corwen Road and Wrexham Road as a short cut if we do not act to prevent them. Flintshire Highways trunk roads will not stand up to these three developments, our village will take the brunt. The A494 will pile cars up quicker at Penymynydd roundabout.

At present our Community Councilors and County Councilors do not seem to be taking this matter seriously enough, because only I have complained they think it is not much of an issue, they lack vision. Our main village roads are in danger of returning to the pre By - Pass days at certain times of the day.
1. We should be looking to ban HGV except for access from the village.
2. We should be looking at ways to stop speeding in the village. 5 inch Vertical Platforms although unpopular will stop the speeding traffic in Chester Rd, 24 hours a day and are gentle on vehicles if riden over at the correct speed.
3. Through traffic should be forced to use the By - Pass.
4. A Compulsory 20 mph Zone outside the Post Office
5. A raised platform zebra crossing.
The centre of our village should be a pleasant and peaceful area where children can cycle to school, pensioners can cross the road in safety, horses can be ridden safely. Please take a moment to contact a councilor to register a complaint as they do not see 2000 speeders a day through our village as being a serious issue. People of Penyffordd, your children and grandchildren should not exposed to daily dangerous insult to our village

Colin Hughes, 1 Penymynydd Rd, Penyfford.
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I’m for forming a pressure group to make our councilors see sense. Please contact me if you feel the same way.