Over the last few months I have been working up a  proposal for the installation of four permanent speed visors around the area. These visors flash up a message, 30mph reminder or other things when a speeding car comes towards them. They  have a really positive effect on cutting speeding.

We already have some sites in the area where temporary visors are installed but this means that the visors are only in place for a few weeks a year at each location and so are not as effective.

The new permanent visors, if the AAP and Villages Committee agree to the proposal will be:

On the road into Brasside, between Framwellgate Moor and Pity Me on Front St near the electricity substation, on the main road through Witton Gilbert,  and on the main road through Bearpark. All these locations have evidence of speeding issues over many years, and the police and council officers support measures to reduce speeding in these locations.

Hopefully the AAP will support the application for funding, which will be matched with money from the local area budgets provided to myself and your other county councillor to improve the area.

If you feel that there is a particular road where there are speeding issues and are interested in working with the police and council to tackle this, it is possible to arrange for a Community Speedwatch where residents and the police carry out a survey at a particular location, and where drivers who are speeding can be written to to warn them. This then allows evidence to be built up to determine if enforcement action needs to be taken on a particular road.

I have carried out a number of these speedwatches in the last few years with residents and officers including on Abbey Road in Pity Me, Front St and High Carr Road Framwellgate Moor and Sacriston Lane in Witton Gilbert.