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over 2 yrs ago 0

Do you agree that a foot­path should be cre­ated along the sec­tion of road shown above?

5

Think­ing about traffic speeds and the needs of vul­ner­able people, what type(s) of cross­ing do you believe are most suit­able here?

• Dropped kerbs only

Do you agree that a cross­ing should be cre­ated here?

3

Think­ing about traffic speeds and the needs of vul­ner­able people, what type(s) of cross­ing do you believe are most suit­able here?

• Dropped kerbs only

Do you agree that a foot­path should be cre­ated along the sec­tion of road shown above?

5

What type of cross­ing do you believe is most suit­able here?

Con­tinu­ous footway

Do you agree that an improved cross­ing should be cre­ated at this location?

4

Think­ing about traffic speeds and the needs of vul­ner­able people, what type(s) of cross­ing do you believe are most suit­able here?

• Form­al cross­ing — traffic lights • Form­al cross­ing — zebra

Do you agree that an improved cross­ing should be cre­ated at this location?

5

Do you agree that the path should be upgraded for bet­ter access to the Gar­dens and to the Golf Club?

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over 2 yrs ago 0

Do you agree that a foot­path should be cre­ated along the sec­tion of road shown above?

4

Do you agree that an improved cross­ing should be cre­ated at this location?

3

Do you agree that an improved cross­ing should be cre­ated at this location?

3

Do you agree that the path should be upgraded for bet­ter access to the Gar­dens and to the Golf Club?

4

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over 2 yrs ago 0

Do you agree that a foot­path should be cre­ated along the sec­tion of road shown above?

3

Think­ing about traffic speeds and the needs of vul­ner­able people, what type(s) of cross­ing do you believe are most suit­able here?

• Dropped kerbs only • Don’t think that cross­ing the road here is good idea, unless there is yel­low lines marked on the road espe­cially out­side the museum as this will hide people cross­ing. Speed along this road should be max 20mph if you’re

think­ing of cross­ings. Tim­ber lor­ries and SUVs and utes espe­cially drive at 40 – 50 mph.

Do you agree that a cross­ing should be cre­ated here?

2

Think­ing about traffic speeds and the needs of vul­ner­able people, what type(s) of cross­ing do you believe are most suit­able here?

• Tim­ber lor­ries are doing 40mph towards this bend and have already star­ted to go over the cent­ral line to get around the corner. Unless there is huge signs say­ing ped­es­tri­ans cross­ing near this corner, I think there will be acci­dents as ped­es­tri­ans might gamp,e that a car or lorry will stop.

Do you agree that a foot­path should be cre­ated along the sec­tion of road shown above?

4

What type of cross­ing do you believe is most suit­able here?

Con­tinu­ous footway

For the whole of Lag­gan Road as presen­ted, is there any­thing else we should consider?

Not sure what type of foot­path this will be. A a totally new tar­mac foot­path 2m and 3m is prob­ably a bit excess­ive and would be so expens­ive in that I think money could be used else­where. There is cer­tainly a danger to ped­es­tri­ans here, but again dan­ger­ous because of excess­ive speed by all traffic and log trucks and tankers. Speed should be no more than 20mph as you come into the vil­lage and prop­er speed cam­er­as fit­ted. We already have signs ask­ing to reduce speed because for red squir­rels cross­ing, but nobody slows down. The speed restric­tion signs should be moved before the Calder bridge as you head from the west into the vil­lage and as you’ll leave it. Drivers are still driv­ing at 60 – 70 over the Calder Bridge and have the momentum as it swings them down over the Calder and down past Ban­chory Mains, no foot­path, and down past Coig and Shee B&B, again no foot­path. If the speed signs were fur­ther back it

might make drivers slow down before they get into the no pave­ment walk­ing route.

Do you agree that an improved cross­ing should be cre­ated at this location?

5

Think­ing about traffic speeds and the needs of vul­ner­able people, what type(s) of cross­ing do you believe are most suit­able here?

• Raised cross­ing • Form­al cross­ing — zebra

Is there any­thing else we should consider?

The present speed sign is obscured by traffic lights. No park­ing out­side former Beth­any shop and post office as this hides chil­dren cross­ing. Lar­ger road mark­ings may help. We have to reduce the speed through the vil­lage to 20mph.

Is there any­thing else we should consider?

Can’t work out the best plan but it does need road mark­ing and signage.

Is there any­thing else we should consider?

I don’t use this area so don’t know if I can respond. If the com­munity action is going to improve the look of this area then I’m sure it will be helpful.

Final thoughts

Speed restric­tion through the vil­lage and sens­ible park­ing. Some res­id­ents park on foot­path as it is so wide but this can be good for visu­ally impaired or for dis­able bug­gies. I think we have to think about how much needs to be spent on areas that don’t have good pave­ments if we con­tin­ue to allow vehicle drive at such high speeds who a danger to walk­ers cyc­lists and wheel­chair users.

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