Volunteers needed for new Community Speed Watch Scheme
The Parish Council is considering a joint venture for a scheme with the surrounding villages of Tilney St Lawrence, Terrington St John, and Walpole Highway.
Community Speed Watch was launched in 2007 and is a project working across Norfolk empowering communities to play an active part alongside the police and the Safety Camera Partnership in tackling the problem of speeding in their neighbourhoods.
In an effort to help tackle the common complaint of speeding, teams of volunteers, (minimum of 6) who have their parish council support, can be trained to use speed guns across the villages. One of the volunteers acts as the coordinator and is the point of contact for the team and responsible for looking after the radar equipment. The groups are issued with a speed radar gun, 2 community Speed Watch signs and reflective jackets. Volunteers then carry out speed checks in 30 and 40 mph limits working to Norfolk Constabulary’s guidelines.
Returns are completed logging various details such as vehicle registration mark, make, model or colour. These are then sent into the Safety Camera Partnership team, who obtain the registered keeper details. Registered keepers whose vehicles are observed breaking the speed limit will have their details recorded and will receive a warning letter requesting them to keep their speed down. Those who persistently offend will be notified to Roads Policing and the local Safer Neighbourhood Team for police enforcement action.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please contact the Parish Clerk on the details below.
Sarah Thorpe: telephone 01945 430930
or email clerkmarshlandstjames@aol.co.uk
Dated: 3rd July 2015
