 Re: road calming
I suggest 'traffic calming' might be the answer.
I know the Hapton road from Padiham thr'u to Hapton and I agree with the poster that measures need to be taken now to restrict speeding vehicles.
Because there's more traffic on the roads, there is more inclination for motorists to make up for waiting time by speeding. It's not on and the ONLY way to SLOW these motorist IDIOTS down is to place obsticles in their path.
Unfortunately the method of speed ramps also damages the undercariage of cars, but it DOES work, and it DOES slow down most vehicles.
Hapton is a lovely village and has for too long been a 'rat run' for vehicles wanting to short cut the motorway and speed into either accrington or Burnley.
The answer is this: put pen to paper and get signatures to back up the fact that people in Hapton are VERY concerned of the danger on that road. Contact the relevant Council and they will listen.
Do not take take NO as an answer. Plan your concerns well and draw a simple sketch showing where you would prefer the traffic calming to be implemented. A few hundred metres just before the bridge seems likely.
The Community charge is a tax based on how much the gullible british public are prepared to pay. The tax takes no account of 'equality' so forget that idea from day 1.
Avoid the tax like the PLAGUE and instead put YOUR foot down against the motorists and demand that something is done before lives are lost.
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