Geraint Jones is Senior Road Safety Officer for Flintshire County Council
His letter is below my reply.
Dear Geraint,
His letter is below my reply.
Dear Geraint,
Thank you for the clarification.
At a meeting last May 2007 in which two Flintshire County Officers
Charles Hughes and Gerwyn Powell,Cllr Colin Bithell, Cllr David Williams, Cllr Linda Vidamour and myself attended it was agreed that FCC would approach Penyffordd Junior School to discuss a travel plan
and funding from The WAG.
I see it has never been acted upon or followed up, not your fault , ours
Also the installation of an extra 30 mph sign and a rumble strip.
No money available for anything more but Cllr Tony Sharps of Northop Hall getting plenty of funds
for the required improvement of the crossroads at Northop Hall in the same funding year
All around Flintshire there are schools with advisory 20 mph.
Penyffordd Junior School as you know has not applied, not your fault, ours
The bumps that are supposed to slow down cars do little to stop
modern cars from doing 40 mph outside Penyffordd Junior School.
Other schools I notice have higher profile bumps.
I have had complaints from families that live next to the school.
There are approximately 2000 cars speeding passed my house every day which is
a major route to school which Flintshire Highways are full aware of as they hold the traffic speed data for about a four day period from last May.
The current refusal of North Wales Police to support an HGV ban through the village a disgrace.
I remain committed to wanting to live in a village that has a bypass
rather than a village that is currently a race track at certain times of the day.
Chester Road currently acts as the second trunk road for the area whatever Derek Kirby says.
Rossett village which has similar circumstances to Penyffordd has been "closed down".
The safety of our children, villagers and horses should be the concern of those elected for Penyffordd. It would be a good idea if Flintshire County Council and my Penyffordd Councillors
read The Manual for Streets click here
or
Flintshire Highways have the knowledge and the funds available to slow down traffic in the middle of Penyffordd village if they so choose. A visit to Wrexham Council villages show perfect examples.
regards Colin Hughes
Penymynydd Rd, Penyffordd.
ps The new pro active signs work a little but are no defence against the modern motorist
who will take no notice of anything that does not penalise him or restrict his or her ability to drive at 50 mph through Chester Road Penyffordd a rural village road which remains as open as the A55.
I hope Flintshire County Council will do a safety and environment assessment of Chester Road in the near future.
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Subject: Safe Routes - Penyffordd Juniors
Dear Mr Colin Hughes,
I refer to your general enquiry regarding the above.
For your information Penyffordd Junior school featured in the above
initiative in June, 2003. This involved a consultation meeting
with the Headteacher, Chair of Governors, Parent Governor, Local Members,
Council Officers and a representative from the N.W. Police.
As a result new signage was provided on the approach to the school and the
'school keep clear' zigzag markings were made mandatory.
Also, a zebra crossing facility was installed on Hawarden Road near the
Junction Corwen Road (by Scouts Hut).
The initiative is now called Safe Routes in Communities programme and any
schemes identified must be supported by School Travel Plans before any
bid can be considered for funding by the Welsh Assembly Government.
There are no immediate schemes being considered for Penyffordd Junior
school. However should any scheme(s) be identified as a result of a Travel
Plan being
submitted by the school, these will need to be prioritised in conjunction
with other Flintshire schools.
I hope the above information clarifies the situation.
Kind Regards,
Geraint, Senior Road Safety Officer
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