New Traffic Scheme for Estate
Thursday, 23rd January 2003.
MORE information is being sought about what is planned to change controversial speed cushions on a town estate.
Haverhill Town Council members have agreed to contact St Edmundsbury Borough Council about the issue on the Chalkstone estate.
Traffic humps were installed more than 10 years ago after a nine-year-old girl died in an accident on her way to school. Many people complained that they were too high and damaged vehicles.
Last year the speed cushions were installed to replace some of the humps in a £40,000 scheme, but residents slammed this as a waste of money. They said the cushions did not work, as speeding cars just positioned their wheels to avoid them.
Chris Cullum, one of the residents who have been campaigning to get the cushions changed, said: "The problem is not going away; traffic is still speeding up here. I have nearly been knocked over and so has my wife. Nothing seems to be happening."
A spokeswoman for the borough council said consultants had been putting together a report and recommendations would go to the council.
Town clerk Gordon Mussett said he was asked to write to the borough council asking for a copy of the consultants' recommendations and a timescale of when something was likely to happen. He said: "Chalkstone residents have now put up with enough flannel and want some kind of action rather than words, or at least some sort of time scale to when work will be done to correct these problems."
Haverhill Town Council members have agreed to contact St Edmundsbury Borough Council about the issue on the Chalkstone estate.
Traffic humps were installed more than 10 years ago after a nine-year-old girl died in an accident on her way to school. Many people complained that they were too high and damaged vehicles.
Last year the speed cushions were installed to replace some of the humps in a £40,000 scheme, but residents slammed this as a waste of money. They said the cushions did not work, as speeding cars just positioned their wheels to avoid them.
Chris Cullum, one of the residents who have been campaigning to get the cushions changed, said: "The problem is not going away; traffic is still speeding up here. I have nearly been knocked over and so has my wife. Nothing seems to be happening."
A spokeswoman for the borough council said consultants had been putting together a report and recommendations would go to the council.
Town clerk Gordon Mussett said he was asked to write to the borough council asking for a copy of the consultants' recommendations and a timescale of when something was likely to happen. He said: "Chalkstone residents have now put up with enough flannel and want some kind of action rather than words, or at least some sort of time scale to when work will be done to correct these problems."
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