Posts Tagged ‘Road safety’

On 12th October we showed a picture of LABOUR’s Cllr John Salter at the newly raised fence over a motorway bridge near St Joseph’s.  The safety fence was built following John’s presentation of a petition to Merseytravel, on behalf of residents. 

Strange to say, an almost exactly similar picture was published in the press shortly after with a ‘defected’ Councillor standing in the same spot and claiming the credit!  

‘Cheekie chappie?’   

Meanwhile John is already busy continuing his campaign, on behalf of residents of all parts of our ward, as the letter below shows. 

Let’s hope Merseytravel will be able to make similar safety improvements on all of the other bridges. 

We will keep you informed.

Parking problems in Hampstead Road have been a running sore for some years.  When the decriminalisation of parking, and the consequential requirement for effective local authority enforcement was introduced many of our residents feared that the reasonably relaxed approached hitherto adopted by the police would in future be replaced by an excessively robust approach.  Adrian conveyed this concern to Council  on behalf of residents in Hampstead Road and Parkside, in particular.   

Residents argued that although in years gone by vehicles of many sorts, including buses, used the road that was no longer the case.  Their width and frequency of passage would clearly have necessitated double yellow lines to ensure the free flow of traffic.  However, buses no longer use the route and residents feel that there is no longer the original justification for the yellow lines.

More recently a concerned resident approached Adrian about the renewed lack of parking in Hampstead Road as a result of double yellow lines being extended far beyond what is necessary.   At one point there was even an apparent contradiction where a disabled parking bay and double yellow lines occupied the same stretch of road!  

Adrian took this up with the Streetscene Manager, who couldn’t have been more helpful, and today the lines were painted over, for some length, in black.     This will provide valuable additional parking space for residents.

When local residents of Percy Road, Palatine Road, and Palermo Road, approached John about improving road safety in the area he lost no time in taking action.  He is seen in the picture, earlier today,  with a petition after collecting signatures throughout the area.

John’s petition requests the Borough Council to introduce traffic calming measures as a matter of urgency.  He argues that these roads were designed many decades ago and are not suited to modern traffic travelling at high speeds. His petition calls for a 20mph speed limit and speed bumps to be installed to help avoid the likelihood of tragic incidents.

The problem has worsened in recent years with increased traffic  using the roads as short cuts to and from the docks.