Coffee morning on Whiteshill traffic

This morning I joined the coffee morning in Whiteshill Village Hall organised by the Parish Council - it was about talking with residents about the local traffic - must have been about 40 people in all - the meeting was arranged before the A46 collapse - but all the more timely due to all the info in the news.

Photos: Coffee Morning, Parish councillors Gerri Kimber (now Dr and also the Parish's Snow Warden with Rebecca Charley, Community Police talking with people

Put A46 into search above for many previous posts on that topic - including an update yesterday (and also use search for other traffic issues - plus see 'labels' below) - the Parish will be putting on their website a summary of residents views plus other info - it was very good to hear at first hand how the A46 is effecting people.

It was also good to hear that while the situation remains dire it is slightly better recently due to measures taken by police and Highways - in terms of traffic the letters sent to residents warning about bad parking does seem to have had an effect in allowing the traffic travel more smoothly - the lights at Edge also mean traffic comes in 'lumps' or waves allowing residents time to get out of their drives and also traffic coming up the hill a chance to move in places where it is single file. Other measures Highways and police have taken have been mentioned in earlier blogs. Infact 2 Police Community Support Officers were there to talk to us about issues - one was particularly good at ensuring she spoke to everyone about the current measures and recorded that info.

Still sadly no action on advertising trains and carshare but I tried to make those points again.

60 people caught speeding

Amazingly some 60 people have been caught so far - exact details available Monday - most will only get warning letters as they were only a little over the speed limit - but it shows the traffic when it moves goes much too fast.

Anyhow I must now take a 7 year old swimming now so no more to write here other than to mention that it is World Car Free Day today - stall in Stroud - see more here. I would have liked to see more re this - one town even turfed several roads temporarily.