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East Staffordshire Borough Council
WARD ACTION SERVICE PLAN
NEEDWOOD 2001

Highways

Issue	Action	Progress	By When	Lead Officer	Comments
Issue 1.1 Heavy traffic (HGV’s specifically) through Main Street, Barton under Needwood	Raised with Highway Authority	County Council are to investigate	September	Gareth Moss
Issue 1.2 Traffic through Barton under Needwood exceeding the speed limit. Residents want a reduction to 20 mph Highlighted areas – Main Street, Efflinch Lane & Station Road	Raised with County Council who are investigating	County Council will review along with other traffic related issues	September	Gareth Moss
Issue 1.3 Parking on footpaths & prohibited parts of Main Street, specifically outside the Metro.	Double yellow lines now included	Enforcement action now required. Raised at CPU meetings and has resulted in police action	Ongoing	Councillor J Jessel
Issue 1.4 Increased police presence and encouragement of neighbourhood watch schemes, residents expressed the wish to see “bobbies on the beat”	discussed with Peter Jennings, neighbourhood watch co-ordinator	Advised that he has recently increased numbers participating and that a promotion event was held in May Will also be raised at future CPU meetings	Ongoing	Councillor J Jessel
Issue 1.5 Many roads suffer from excess weeds and overgrown hedges affecting visibility for cars. Highlighted areas – Efflinch Lane, Bar Lane & Captains Lane	Raised with Highway Authority	Awaiting comments from the County Council	September	Gareth Moss
Issue 1.6 The traffic calming at either end of Barton under Needwood needs to be better lit. Traffic calming generally needs to be revisited and maybe changed, enhanced or improved	as above	as above	as above	as above
Issue 1.7 Tree screening new development	To raise concerns with Planning Section	Planning to take due cognisance of comments	Ongoing	Mike Waldron

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