I know this is boring for a number of you but not for us here in Shrewton in Wiltshire, who have to put up with the on going traffic exiting the A303 queue and using the village as a rat run. This makes our lives a misery and the village a very unsafe place to live....so here are the figures for December provided by our Parish Council Chair.....and in particular the 17 days over the Festive period:
SID data for the whole of December 2019 was 123,584 vehicles transited London Road.
The recorded traffic volume for the "holiday season"....(hate using that terminology) of 20th December 2019 to 5th January 2020 was 55,593 vehicles which equates to 3270 per day....
and certain Wiltshire Councillors http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ insist that "it's only locals who rat run"!!!
Please bear in mind that London Road is no more than 9 meters wide and in places only 6 meters. There are residents who have to walk down into our village for schools, doctor and shops. They have no safe pavement to do so or street lighting, and also have to negotiate a left hand bend.....think about this....getting home after dark....scary!
And as a foot note....Of approximately 6 homes at the village end of London Road, I see 3 more have gone up for sale.....I wonder why??!
2 comments:
Very well said Janice as usual. It really is no fun living here on London road any more, so dangerous even trying to get in or out of cars. I feel for delivery drivers too who all comment on how fast the road is. Wiltshire Council have let us all down in Shrewton.
Feel for you all in Shrewton. Traffic through Bulford, Durrington and Larkhill has also increased massively. Here in Bulford, there is so much traffic, including large lorries, that the section of road surface by nine mile river bridge has been worn away completely.
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