Pursuant to the Local Government Act 1972 (various sections), notice is hereby given that Grendon Underwood Parish Council will convene
A GENERAL MEETING OF GRENDON UNDERWOOD PARISH COUNCIL
To be held in the Village Hall from 19.45 on
22
April 2025
27
May 2025
Council Meetings are formal meetings held in public but are not public meetings.
Members of the public are welcome to join us but may only participate during Public Participation time, at the discretion of the Chairman, and are allocated 15 minutes for this. Multiple speakers for the same item may wish to select a single speaker or to edit their own contribution to ensure the maximum number of speakers can be accommodated. No single speaker may speak longer than 2 minutes.
Points raised, but not on the evening’s agenda, will not be addressed at that meeting but may be added to a future agenda as appropriate and subject to legal constraints.
Please be aware that this meeting may be recorded by any attendee exercising their legal right to do so.
Please ensure that phones are set to silent during the meeting
Village Defibrillators
We have two Defibrillators within the village, they are located at:
One is on the front of the Grendon Underwood Primary school. What3Words location finder code for this is (logbook, invested, qualify) The second one is attached to the right-hand fence as you go up Springhill road What3Words location finder is (facelift, cope, improve)
BROADWAY TRAFFIC
Most of you will be aware the traffic on Broadway is becoming a daily challenge... speeding, lorries, vehicles over the white lines, cyclists taking life in their own hands, Church users trying to cross the road, dog walkers unsafe on the footways due to the close proximity of speeding vehicles, horses, children going to school...the list is endless!
Dated: 28th March 2025
Some years ago, we applied for a road safety grant to address the many challenges. Unfortunately, the powers that be did not consider it a priority and we had to settle on speeding devices. Roll forwards six years... increased traffic, not to mention the anticipated traffic increase from the new mega prison build (2026) it's an accident waiting to happen. In short its dangerous and we've made extremely strong representation.
On 17th March, two Parish Councillors and the Church Warden met with BC highways to revisit the dangerous bends and T junction opposite the Church. During the visit we lost count of the speeding cars and lorries and continuous crossing over on the white lines. It was pure luck two lorries didn't meet travelling in opposite directions on the bend before the Church coming from Edgcott.The BC highways lead witnessed it first hand as did the highways engineer. They know something needs to be done but they are not the decision makers. Other villages also have highway challenges and they too want traffic calming measures..it's a County wide problem with limited funds to address.
However, we now have an excellent case for BC highways to reconsider our application. We're told this could take two months or so (plus they have elections) before they give an indication of whether or not they agree to invest in our safety.
If we are successful in being reconsidered for traffic calming measures along Broadway, BC will conduct a public consultation with residents before any final decisions can be made.
If we receive any updates we'll let you know. In the meantime please rest assured we have left no stone unturned!
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