Pedestrian crossing petition launched by Inchbrook residents in Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
A PETITION calling for a pedestrian crossing on the busy A46 has been launched by families living beside it in Inchbrook.
Residents at Dunkirk Cottages and in the Dunkirk Mills' apartments opposite are among those calling for the road safety meassure.
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Inchbrook residents at the point on the A46 where they want a crossing.
Householder Nigel Hamilton said he feared for school pupils like his teenage daughter who had to cross the main road to catch the bus to and from school.
"There is a 40mph limit but when you see them overtaking they must be doing 50 or 60mph," Mr Hamilton said.
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Nailsworth mayor Coun Steve Robinson said he had found out 11,000 vehicles a day used the road, and 20% broke the 40mph.
"People will be collecting names for the petition at the next Nailsworth Farmers' Market on March 23," he said.
"We feel quite positive. There are so many people who are upset and want to run with this."
Dunkirk Mills' resident Nigel Brown said: "Crossing the main road is extremely hazardous. We're campaigning to, hopefully, get a crossing before there is a serious accident."
An A46 Action page on the Nailsworth Town Council website offers people a chance to sign an e-petition and keeps them up to date with campaign progress.
Traffic management and safety on the A46 right through the parish was an issue. Coun Robinson said a further idea was to move the start of the 30mph limit from the old Tradeplas site right out to before Inch-brook Bends.
Gloucestershire County Council's highways department said it was sympathetic and would work with local people.
But, it said, there had been no accidents recorded in Inchbrook in the past three years.
2 Comments
by jak18
Thursday, March 14 2013, 11:04AM
“I think YOU need to get in the real world.
Children and humans lives are more important than people getting to Stroud or whatever highly important destination they need to get to in such a hurry. Asking for a crossing so that people and school children can cross safely is hardly a bad thing.
Why rush around in your own selfish bubble not caring about anyone else. Your attitude is sadly quite a common one, its one of the sad things that is wrong with society. There is a crossing on the 40 mile stretch at Woodchester and cars can slow down for that. Unfortunately that came too late for one child who was killed there crossing to go to school. So to say people are "bleating on" when they are clearly worried about their children's lives and don't want the same thing to happen to anyone else is ignorant and rude.”
by RoadWombat
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 11:00AM
“The fact that almost all vehicles travel along the A46 between Stroud and Nailsworth well in excess of the 40mph limit indicates that the natural speed on this road is much higher than the 40 presently in place. It should, therefore, be raised to at least 50 and preferably the national speed limit.
A pedestrian crossing should not be put in because the natural speed of vehicles along there is too high for them to slow down safely for it. And it's no use bleating that if a 30 limit was put in then there would be time to do so - we're talking the real world here where the traffic (on these people's own admission) goes much faster than that and will continue to do so whatever signs are placed there.”