Feedback on recent doorknocking session on Church Street

We recently had a doorknocking session on Church Street. We had a good time talking with residents who were welcoming, friendly and very honest.

Whilst most of the residents are happy with life in Church Gresley we did pick up on some issues.

It was no great surprise that the main issue was relating to speed and noise of traffic. We have liaised with other bodies in the recent past to improve this but talking to residents has encouraged us to focus further.

We are currently looking into dropping a leaflet in to gauge reaction to the possibility of changing the speed limit from 30mph to 20mph.  The aim of this would be to make it safer, particularly around the school, but also to try and reduce the noise.  Critics often argue that the limits can not be enforced but the effect of changing to 20mph zones has had positive impact in many places and does reduce the speed.

Feedback will be shown on this blog and the appropriate next steps will be taken.

There is a national campaign forum currently campaigning for this, called the Go 20 Coalition (don't be worried this time about the word coalition) and the details of this can be found on the link below:

http://www.brake.org.uk/component/content/article/18-top-level/campaigns/1196-go20coalition

Other issues picked up included dog fouling and lack of bins in the area.  The issues of littering and dog fouling are issues which depend on being able to catch people to take direct action, but we are working with SDDC to improve the situation.