Double Standards at Flintshire County Council

cc: Arnold Woolley Council Leader; Cllr Cindy Hinds ; Mark Isherwood AM ; Carl Langland ; Oldfield, Alun (A/Insp 1371; North Wales Police, Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie; AM Sargeant, Carl ; Mark Tami MP; Cllr Linda Vidamour ; Cllr David Williams.

Hi Leader . A letter for consideration.

Re Speed Humps plan to halt dangerous drag racing.

I read in The Leader that Flintshire County Council's Director of Environment Carl Longland is considering speed humps to stop illegal drag racing where vehicles compete over a fixed distance in Deeside and Flint. Here in Penyffordd we have rat runners who hurl through Chester Rd each morning by the 100 on a major route to school. At weekends we have motorcyclists doing 140 mph along Penyffordd By Pass which due to illegal exhausts can be heard for miles. Cllr Tony Sharps Head of Roads meanwhile sits behind 20 mph humps in his village of Northop Hall.

Are double standards being applied here? Northop Hall all tied down and Chester Rd Penyffordd a major route to school as open as the A55.

The constant refrain is we have no money but Carl Longland manages to find money for roads that are not centres of communities at the drop of a hat.

regards Colin Hughes

Penyffordd District

Link The Daily Post

I'd put the Leader link down but can't find it. The Daily Post and Chester Chronicle ignore any letters I send. Perhaps the letters aren't good enough. lol

Postscript. Cllr Tony Sharps in Friday's Leader says the money needing to be spent could have been put towards better use on safety in other parts of the county. Quite right Tony.

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