Stopping speeding through Up Hatherley remains a priority
STOPPING A40 traffic speeding on the streets of Up Hatherley is the priority of the parish council.
The message comes after the public rejected plans Gloucestershire Highways put forward to slow motorists down in the area.
Highways bosses secured £600,000 to put traffic calming measures in place when permission was granted to build the Asda supermarket, which opened last September.
However, a scheme is yet to be agreed and a public meeting last month saw around 60 residents of the area complain about the proposals being drawn up.
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Up Hatherley parish council has not formalised its response to the consultation by Gloucestershire Highways, which ended on Friday.
Councillor David Hall said: "The route off the A40 via Hatherley Lane and Hatherley Road in both directions which is taken by motorists wishing to avoid queuing along Gloucester Road (A40), both at night and in the morning is a continuing major cause of concern.
"This problem has been growing over the last 40 years and is, consequently, not all to do with the recent Asda development. The Asda development has simply exacerbated the problem from a very high starting point.
"Nevertheless, we are calling upon the county council to take steps to alleviate the problem."
Chairman of the parish council Stuart Fowler wanted to see something to stop motorists – including the park and ride bus – using Up Hatherley as a cut through.
The parish council has put forward proposals of priority build-outs being introduced along Hatherley Road, near the entrance to the Bacon Theatre, and on the incline between Heron Close and Windermere Road.
It wants to see the same installation at Hatherley Lane between Asda and the Redgrove Park roundabout.
The council has also called for a pedestrian crossing to be built between the church and village hall in Cold Pool Lane.
It ruled out the highways' teams suggestions of build-outs between the Hatherley Inn and Wards Road, speed cushions at either side of the bend in Hatherley Road at the Hatherley Road and Coombe Glen Lane junction and a mini-roundabout at the Hatherley Road and Coombe Glen junction.
The council also requested flashing speed awareness signs to be installed along Hatherley Road. It said it would also support a 20mph limit throughout the village, providing it was mandatory and not advisory.
But Councillor Paul Thomas said it could lead to traffic being diverted through The Reddings.
Comments
by Cassandra2010
Wednesday, September 19 2012, 12:17PM
“I see that traffic monitoring equipment is being installed in Hatherley Lane (again). Whose brilliant idea was it to do this at the same time that traffic is deliberately avoiding the area because of the road works that are slowly moving down the lane toward Hatherley Road?”
by safeandnice
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 9:29AM
“Somehow it needs to work the same way as the railway. High speed trains going through and no-one bats an eye. Not saying traffic should go through quite that quickly! but it's stop start traffic that's the nuisance and pollution every one notices.
Keep it smooth and free flowing”
by safeandnice
Tuesday, September 11 2012, 8:15AM
“It's a pity the £600,000 coudnt be used to ease traffic flow through the whole A40 area. As more houses are built in Up Hatherley, more of those people willl want to use the A40. In exchange more people who used to use the A40 will use the link roads through Up Hatherley. There's natural sharing going on. Build outs on a main road only exacerbate issues as people try to rush through before being blocked by someone the other way. There's a reason roads are designed to have a clear traffic lane in each direction.
Think out of the box. Try to make traffic flow free and easy through the area.”