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COMMUNITY ROAD SAFETY

Speeding vehicles along the roads of our village is a continuing concern for residents.

A new volunteer group is being launched in an approved scheme fully supported by the Nottinghamshire Police.

The Parish Council is asking for volunteers to form a new team. 

Full training will be provided by the Police.

Results will be fed back to the local Neighbourhood Policing Team who are committed to sending out notice letters to selected speeders and followed up with a visit for persistent offenders.

The group will act as a strong deterrent to speeding traffic through the village as well as being supported by the local Neighbourhood Policing team.

Make the village a safer place to live, please get in touch.

Email: clerk@ranskillparishcouncil.gov.uk

Phone: 07305 129849

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Parish Council met with representatives of Hive Energy to hear details of their revised proposals, in particularly the volume of HGVs travelling through Ranskill if the planning application is approved. We attach some further detail and a copy of the presentation.

• Hive Energy comments: –

Traffic is a key concern, so hopefully some of the context provided here was helpful, including that in practice the numbers using the A638 at Ranskill will be significantly lower than the worst-case reported in the transport assessment.

If you do require any further information, including traffic figures, or have specific questions then please do let me know. As I said, we want to continue consulting with the council, some of the community benefit fund could be used for road safety initiatives, and we would like to involve you in preparing our Operational Travel Management Plan (‘OTMP’).

Just as a reminder, the types of measures we’d implement and include in the OTMP include, for example:

• Driver training and stringent contracts for haulage operatives;
• Staggering HGVs to avoid convoys;
• Agreeing and avoiding peak times;
• Defined, legally binding routes to the A1(M):
  • travel north using the A638 and then south west along the A614 to the A1(M); or
  • travel south using the A638 to the A1(M) at Markham Moor.
• 50% split of vehicles travelling north and south from the site, therefore halving the HGVs travelling through Ranskill on the A638;
• Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (‘FORS’);
• Trackers attached to HGVs so that we can monitor the set routes to the A1 and enforce speed limits; and
• Stop / Start function added to HGVs.

PARISH COUNCILLOR – VACANCY
• Do you have a few spare hours per month?
• Do you want to be involved with your community?
• Do you want to help shape the village?
• If yes, then apply to become a Parish Councillor.
Two vacancies exist on the Parish Council. If you would like to become more involved with your community by serving as a councillor, please apply by email to the Clerk providing brief background details and stating why you’d like to join the Council.
If you require any further information, please contact the Clerk to the Council, Bryn Kinsey
Please also see our website for more information: www.ranskillparishcouncil.gov.uk
Email: clerk@ranskillparishcouncil.gov.uk
Tel: 07305 129849