When Inspector Julie Deacon of West Yorkshire Police attended the full council meeting on 27th September, one of the concerns raised by councillors was speeding on local roads.
A Speedwatch exercise was run outside Beckfoot School during the morning rush hour on 30th November, involving local residents and Town Councillors Michelle Chapman and Mark Truelove. Amongst the group was a teacher from the school and four pupils. An hour was spent with hand-held cameras monitoring the rush-hour driving.
The Council has compiled a list of other traffic and road concerns raised by residents, which has been submitted to Bradford Council for action. These include several requests for pedestrian crossings:
- Chapel Lane, Bingley behind the library – this site is on the Shipley Area Committee list for the next road safety programme on a date in April / May 2017.
- Mornington Road, Bingley, opposite the entrance to Priestthorpe School – a crossing within the existing 20mph zone is being investigated and is ‘very likely’ to be added to the list of outstanding requests to be considered by the Area Committee in May/June 2017.
- Canal Road, Crossflatts – Bradford Council has proposed a comprehensive casualty reduction scheme on a section of Keighley Road between Cemetery Road and Morton Lane. The scheme consists of a series of road humps, the provision of an advisory 20 mph speed limit outside Bingley Grammar School, and parking restrictions at appropriate locations along the road. The issue of indiscriminate parking at the junction of Keighley Road / Canal Road will be looked at and should it prove to be a problem then the provision of double yellow lines at this junction would be incorporated into the proposals.
- Park Road at the junction with Lady Lane, Bingley – Bradford Council is investigating the possibility of constructing a refuge island or other measures to assist people in crossing Park Road in the current financial year.
Speeding issues have been reported at The Oval and Broadway in Bingley where speed strips are now under consideration. The Town Council is awaiting a reply from Bradford Council to a further three issues, namely speeding on Heights Lane, Eldwick, a lack of dropped kerbs in Eldwick, particularly at the Heights Lane/Warren Lane roundabout, and speeding on Priesthorpe Lane and Crownest Road during the morning rush hour.
A spate of near misses in the wintry conditions at the end of 2016 raised concerns about the lack of gritting. This has also been reported to Bradford Council with a request that gritting routes be reviewed.
I live on the Oakwood Park estate and am finding speeding motorists coming down Lady Lane and coming up from the Park road direction a problem when trying to drive out of the estate. My wife and I also find it a problem crossing Lady lane when out walking. The majority of motorists ignore the advisory 20 mph speed sign. We need speed bumps or an alternative traffic calming measure before there is a bad accident .
Thank you for your comment Terry. We are in touch with the Highways department at Bradford Council and will request that they respond to your concerns. Best wishes, Edwina Simpson
I really welcome measures for traffic calming on park road, especially near the junction of villa road which is a blind corner. I am also extremely concerned about the zebra crossing on park road opposite oasis dental. My 11 year old daughter and her friends have to use this crossing but with the cars parked on the side of the road it obstructs drivers/pedestrians views. This needs urgent attention before a serious accident happens
Hello Ms Eaton,
Thank you for your e-mail and I’ve reported your concerns to the Bradford Council Highways Team. As soon as I have more information from them I will be back in touch.
Kind regards
Ruth Batterley
Town Clerk
I’m pleased to see that the council are looking in to the matter of traffic calming on the junction nearly Lady Lane (bottom of Prince of Wales park). Every day I turn right out of Villa road on to Park road and on numerous occasions have near had an accident due to the blind bend, and excessive speeding drivers either coming up or travelling down the road. The sooner there are traffic calming measures in place the better. An accident is only a matter of when and not if!!! Regards chris
I live on main road East Morton. Although there are 20mph signs, no one takes any notice whatsoever, drivers have become very used to travelling up AND down Main road because they can..at 50, 60 , miles per hour. Am & pm rush hour is absolutely horrendous and, unless you live in East Morton, you won’t realise just how very bad it is !!!
Hello Collette,
Sorry to hear about the issue of speeding in East Morton. East Morton does not fall within the parish of Bingley so you may wish to raise your concerns with the Highways Department at Bradford Council, on 01274 432111.
Kind regards,
Laura (Administrative Officer to Bingley Town Council)