To: Highways division of HMG and Essec CC
Stop the speeding lorries ruining our village
The main A1013 through road from Haverhill to Braintree traverses several villages en route whereby drivers seem to see it as their right to decide on whatever speed they want to apply through the 30mph sections. We ask that repeater 30 mph signs are reinstalled as a minimum and at some points speed cameras. As a conservation area we who live along the A1013 are being abused by the volume and speed of both light and heavy traffic 24/7. It is time to take us seriously as well as time for change as we've had enough. Joining the road from our houses along the road through Sible Hedingham and other 30mph villages is nigh impossible without severe as traffic leaves the villages and enters them.
Why is this important?
By raising the alarm in this way we can challenge Highways, Police, Local Councils and Essex CC to investigate at a serious level speeding traffic. The levels of pollutant discharge, noise pollution through speeding is unacceptable to us, especially at 'rush hours' and travelling lorries at 4.00 am onwards. For our children and grandchildren we owe it to them for a moratorium on speeding through villages. Many wondering wild animals and at times, pets are fatally wounded or killed outright by speeding vehicles. We find the disinterest by authorities that should care, insulting, which would if they cared, affect the wellbeing of our neighbourhoods, as well as reduce the levels of pollutants and discharges onto the sidewalks. People in the village of Sible Hedingham for example fear walking from Potter Street to the village shops (a matter of half a mile) as speeding traffic is too near the curb for safely walking, which force them, including many of our elderly, to use their cars, and so the cycle continues.
