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The View from Shute End
is a little blurred for the moment,
writes District Councillor Annette Drake.
We have an even political balance of 27 Conservative and 27 Liberal Democrat members.
In other words there is no overall control (NOC).
Power-sharing in these circumstances has to be negotiated,
and this is going to hold up council business for a few weeks.
Meanwhile back in Hurst:
Residents in Davis Street and Sandford Lane have commenting on proposals for traffic calming on these roads.
Recommendations of reducing the speed limit to 30mph and other suggestions will be considered
at the next Highways Comniittee meeting.
It is clear from what residents have said that they do not want any streetlights;
therefore traffic-calming measures will be kept low key in order to reflect the rural nature of Hurst.
Some people have suggested camera control, but their installation would require streetlights!
Thames Valley Police will not sanction any cameras for another three years while a pilot scheme,
which would allow fines from cameras to be paid to local police rather than central government,
is assessed.
Traffic monitoring is planned for the A321 to assess the traffic speed, which will, hopefully,
be the first step in lowering the speed limit from 40 to 30mph.
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Safer Routes to School Schemes
We would like to make the school journey a safer one for our children
by reducing the speed limit outside schools to 20 mph,
but this requires funds for traffic calming.
One of the ways of cutting traffic congestion outside schools
is to make travelling on foot or by bicycle safe and attractive.
St Nicholas School has put forward a Green Route plan for safer journeys for children on foot or cycling.
Pavements are planned for part of Church Hill;
from Nursery Close to Sawpit Road;
and in front of Dorndon House between Tape Lane and the school.
The School Governors have requested that the public footpath,
which currently crosses the school playing field,
should be diverted around the perimeter of the playing field.
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