Ahead of the PACT meeting this evening 2/12/24, here is some information regarding several concerns raised at the last PACT meeting on 9/9/24

Ahead of tonight’s PACT meeting, please see below reply form our Highway’s Team, regarding concerns raised at the last PACT meeting on 9 September.

Speeding on Highfield Lane:

In regard to Highfield Lane we are looking at installing a couple of our Vehicle Activated Sigs (VAS) signs here. Units will be in a location for a month and then will move elsewhere.

We have two locations earmarked for units to be on Highfield Lane as follows:

In January, towards the Portswood Road end of Highfield Lane. Units will be placed in the vicinity of Glebe Court in February. A number of other locations around Portswood have also been identified in line with the trial Portswood scheme.

We would welcome any feedback from residents on where they feel speeding is most prevalent on Highfield Lane and we can see if there are other opportunities to place the VAS units there too.

As speed enforcement is carried out by the police, we’d encourage residents to continue to report issues to the police to assist with their intelligence, should any availability for enforcement become available. Making a road traffic incident report | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. It is also now possible to submit video footage to the police – details are on the webpage link.

Guardian Court, Westwood Road:

We wouldn’t usually support a request for restrictions across an access without evidence that it is being blocked on an on-going basis. We would recommend that the owner considers applying for a H-bar marking to highlight the presence of the entrance in the first instance.