Stonehenge
Traffic
Action
Group
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31st July 2020
The
Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps MP
Secretary
of State for Transport
Department
for Transport
Great
Minster House,
33
Horseferry Road,
London
SW1P 4D
Dear
Mr Shapps,
I
refer to my letter earlier this month 4th
July regarding the increased traffic through our little village of
Shrewton just off the A303 at Stonehenge. Whilst disappointed at the
decision to delay the decision for the project to fix the A303 in
this area, I understand that the finding of new “archaeology”
should be investigated tho’ it is significant to learn that this
particular find has been known about for over 10 years and
unsurprisingly, only came to light prior to you’re decision making.
One does have to wonder what rabbit will be pulled out of the hat
in the days leading up to 13th
November.
In
that last letter, I explained how we actually enjoyed the peace of
lockdown….quote: “enjoyed
lockdown when peace prevailed in our little village of Shrewton just
off the A303 at Stonehenge. The air got cleaner, the High Street
was quiet and residents could walk safely”.
Yes, indeed we loved the peace and the quiet as the reason many of
us purchased property in this village or choose to live here on
Salisbury Plain, however, that peace led to other problems, that
being one of SPEED
through our village due to the reduction in traffic…..we can’t
win it seems.
It
can be seen from these attachments taken from our Speed Indicator
Devices (SIDs) of which there are three in the village, speeds
reached a massive 55 mph 66 mph and even one of 78 mph! The first
one is ranged prior to lockdown and on into the lifting of lockdown
to the end of July and is just one way, i.e. eastbound on London
Road. Unfortunately, the solar battery ran out of the Westbound SID
on the 17th
March - prior to lockdown and therefore there is no detail shown.
The second illustration shows figures from our new SID on Meadway
which is one way traffic coming into the village i.e. west bound and
is 32 pages long which is why I had to copy you into the e-mail from
our Parish Chair – Richard Harris:
Mr
Shapps, as you yet again join together to make that decision as to
whether work should commence to improve our section of the A303,
please think also about local people as it is inevitable that traffic
will increase as a result of less holidaying overseas and in it’s
present state, the A303 cannot cope with that traffic.
Thank
you once again for reading my post.
Best
regards
Janice
Hassett
Founder
STAG: Stonehenge Traffic Action Group
SP3
4EG
