Dear Parishioner
You will be aware that East Harptree Sustainable Transport Group (EAST) have been working with parishioners over the last 2 years to explore introducing new measures within the village to encourage more walking to school and safe walking generally. Ian Harvey, the Head Teacher of the primary school is part of our group.
As well as engaging about 20 people to walk the routes to school and come up with ideas, EAST carried out a Parish-wide Survey in 2022 (report Attached) which had 90 responses: which equates to about a 1/3 of households (generally considered to be a statistically viable uptake). This was presented to the Parish Council and we agreed to run a Brunch in November 2022 for further ideas and responses.
In January 2023 EAST presented a further report to the Parish Council (attached) proposing 5 specific measures to meet the most popular choices indicated by the survey and Brunch outcomes. Points 1,4 & 5 have been agreed in principle by the Parish Council, with point 3 being scheduled to be progressed once the 20 MPH changes currently planned have been introduced in the village.
In terms of point 2, the Parish Council would like to invite any further responses to the specific proposals.
Point 2, proposes the creation of a Pedestrian Friendly Zone in the centre of the village, indicated by road markings at its entry points and an alternatively coloured road surface see photos in the report – EAST Sustainable Transport Survey July 2022
74% of respondents to our Parish wide survey, supported the idea of adding road markings to indicate pedestrian priority areas.
Please see photos on page 4 in the attached report of the proposed coloured road surface. We would really like your thoughts on this point: the colour difference, the area of the coverage, and the possible road markings. Please email your thoughts by replying to the Clerk.