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Parking Restrictions Proposal – Apr 2015 update

Further to our update from the council back in mid-March there is now the following Traffic Management Order in the planning stage and commentary is welcome from residents.

If you have any views you wish to share with the council please do let us have a copy of them using the Contact Us page as it would be useful to have a complete set of feedback around these proposals.

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Draft Trafic Management Order WL1001

Diamond Jubilee Way – Speed / Traffic Measuring

As some of you raised we had concerns over the purpose of these appearing in towards the church end of Diamond Jubilee Way last week.

Particularly if someone thought it a good idea to measure traffic speeds / volumes when the school was on holiday !!

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After Councillor Moira Butt made enquiries on our behalf we have received the following statement by way of explanation:

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Dear Councillor Butt,

Thank you for your enquiry.
We are undertaking a number of speed surveys around the borough. The tubes can measure the speed of traffic.
Diamond Jubilee Way was included in the list of roads to be checked as there was a recent complaint about speeding in the road. The purpose of the survey is to measuring traffic speeds rather than traffic volumes.
Regards,
Paul

Paul Blunt
Transport Planning & Programme Manager.
Environment, Housing and Regeneration
London Borough of Sutton
24 Denmark Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2JG
Tel: +44 (020) 8770 6445, Website: www.sutton.gov.uk
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Still doesn’t quite explain the issue on why it was here when possibly as much as 50% of the traffic volumes but we’ve enquired further !

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UPDATE FROM 13th APR 2015

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Dear Mr Brumwell

The tubes (Speed detectors) were installed during Tuesday 24 March and removed on Tuesday 31 March, therefore it recorded the speed and volume of traffic for the remainder of the normal school week. 

This was the earliest installation date possible and was combined with other detectors installed across the borough for convenience and cost purposes.

The results should give a good indication of the vehicle speeds near this junction, however if the speed and volume results are shown to differ significantly between a normal school day and the holidays, this will be taken into consideration when establishing a realistic average figure for a ‘normal’ school week.

We do not anticipate having to redo the survey at a later date.

Regards,

Paul

 

Paul Blunt

Transport Planning & Programme Manager.

Environment, Housing and Regeneration

London Borough of Sutton

24 Denmark Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2JG

Tel: +44 (020) 8770 6445, Website: www.sutton.gov.uk

 

 

 

Green Garden Waste Collection Service – Pay now for early bird discount !

This is a reminder to please pay by 1 April to get your early bird discount. 

Paying for the service means you agree to the Terms and Conditions – available here

Green Garden Waste Collection Service – Terms and Conditions

Click on this link to make your payment
Please have your debit card or credit card to hand and select ‘green garden waste’ from the drop down menu, then select ‘green garden waste’ from the next line and then select your bin option.

If you pay by 1 April 2015 the charges will include early bird discount as follows:
1 x 240 litre bin (standard) – £32
1 x 140 litre bin (small – for small gardens) – £29
2 x 240 litre bin (for large gardens) – £56

If you pay from 2 April 2015 onwards you will not receive the early bird discount and the charge will be:
1 x 240 litre bin – £39
1 x 140 litre bin – £36
2 x 240 litre bin – £62

The new service will start from Monday 29 June.

Once we have received your payment we will order your bin. This will be delivered to you in good time for the start of the new service. It will contain information about your collection dates and what you can and can’t put in your bin.

Please note that the current free green garden waste collection service will operate from April to June 2015, until the new service commences.

Further information about green garden waste including home composting can be found on our website: www.sutton.gov.uk/ggw

Thank you for supporting the new green garden waste collection service,

Yours sincerely
Josie Falco
Head of Waste and Recycling