FANTASTIC turn out for meeting with the council

We were delighted to see so many people pack out the meeting room at St Peter's church on the evening of 26th November.

The meeting was chaired by our councillor Guthrie McKie with councillors Ruth Bush,  and Nilavra Mukerji in attendance.

Martin Low, the City's Commissioner for transportation addressed the meeting stressing the council's commitment to work with the community to fin da solution and one of his team outlined various options.

It was stressed that a 20mph limit was not an option as they are not part of WCC's policy. Split one way, chicanes, passing places and barriers were discussed.

It was clear that WCC had no preference and no intention of forcing any thing on our or doing nothing. They have allocated £150k to a solution.

Various members of the community spoke to point out the need for a solution to the situation and it was agreed that a committee would be formed to work with the council towards a solution sooner rather than later.

One key point that came out was that in addressing a solution, the impact on adjoining streets (Croxley Road, etc)  should be considered.

Watch this space.

(It is worth noting that the bottom of Saltram Crescent with Shirland Road is going to be closed for three months from early Janaury 21014 anyway so it will be interesting to see how that affects traffic in Saltram Crescent)