Our Feudal Ancient Institutions

In the Leader ( no link as the story is not online yet) Treuddyn are trying to get the speed limit changed from open 60 mph to 30 mph. As a daily traveller on the A5104 I am uncomfortable at its danger. White lines on bends are regularly crossed as motorists who are going so fast that they cannot stay on their side of the road. I stay well away from the white line hugging the kerb.

If you talk to Flintshire County Council about speed reductions or controls they immediately get their book out which shows fatalities in Flintshire. Accidents serious or otherwise tend to be ignored. You have to have three fatalities to get attentiom. North Wales Police are also in the mix. They have a say on speed reductions or the banning of HGV's along roads.

Treuddyn and Rhydymwyn have for years suffered serious injuries and fatalities on their roads. Flintshire County Council's response, nothing!

There is this we know best attitude. You stupid communities aren't bright enough to deal with important issues such as speed reduction.

The Road Haulage Association lobby too powerful for local communities?

All this needs to change.

Here is a letter emailed to Flintshire County Councillor Carolyn Thomas, The Minister for Roads Ieuan Wyn Jones and the great and the good including Chief Superintendent Ruth Purdie of North Wales Police.

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cc. Dave Faulkner Flintshire County Council Roads; Cllr Cindy Hinds ; Mark Isherwood AM ; Cllr Tom Jones ; Evening Leader ; Oldfield, Alun (A/Insp 1371) ; Peter.J.Evans; Daily Post ; Sargeant, Carl (Assembly Member) ; Cllr Tony Sharps ; Cllr Linda Vidamour ; Cllr David Williams ; Arnold Woolley Flintshire County Council Leader.

Dear Carolyn,

Hope you are well

I read with interest the Leader story about the Treuddyn speed protest. How good to see a community standing together against speeding.

Good to see you have a proper police inspector too.

We have over a 1000 speeders each day through the village. I have managed to upset most councillors, the police and Flintshire County Council so they are all pretending its not happening, risking lives in our village community.

Last election we had someone stand for county council whose literature said he stood for Penyffordd families whilst we had about 2000

speeders a day. You really couldn't make this nonsense up!

Our children are subject to a daily rat run, no one even comes down to watch it happen.

FCC have the traffic data but are actively hiding it.

I get depressed when I read your statement about a reduction in speed limit is a long way off.

I find it difficult to get my head around why its so difficult to change a speed limit form 60 mph to 30 mph. Is it to make the county council look important?

What exactly is the down side?

A lorry taking 30 seconds more to go through a section of road.

Its time communities had the main say on traffic speed through their communities.

Flintshire County Council are currently showing themselves as complete failures and have done for many years with regards speeding in communities. I was expecting the Independents to show some leadership.

Cllr Tony Sharps recently made Head of Roads knows exactly the proper thing to do.

He has his village stitched down with 20 mph bumps.

FCC have a covert device that can measure each vehicle's exact speed, vehicle length, exact time so you can work out exact speeds

of all the lorries, motorbikes and cars that hurl along the A5104.

They are pretty shy on showing the data though as it gives communities a tool by which to measure the performance of FCC and North Wales Police.

Perhaps you may have better luck. If you wish to know the full specifications of FCC's covert speed measuring device please ask.

kindest regards

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd District

Living in a village centre with more than 1000 speeders a day.

ps. as a daily user of the A5104, I had to laugh at the Garner statement.
(Garners are a road haulage firm, I have reported to Garners, drivers who speed through Chester Rd.)