Bishopsteignton Clean Up Day

Help from above in the form of Rev

West at Bishopsteignton Clean Up Day.

Unbelieveable

On Friday the Teignmouth Post reported a brilliant idea from Teignmouth Traders, very attractive banners promoting the town centre. Unbelievably by Monday Devon County Highways had removed the traders’ banner.

Community Clean Up Day- Saturday

This year’s clear up will be Coombe Vale Road. We are meeting at Bitton House car park, for a safety briefing and to pick up tools and equipment. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty, it may be wise to bring sun-screen and water, though we will be providing drinks and snacks at 11.30am. As we are working near traffic hi viz vests will be provided. We will doing some litter picking on the banks of the Bitton Brook in Coombe Park Road, hower we won’t be able to clear all this ‘grot spot’ for safety reasons. Last year’s clean up in Kingsway was a great success, so I hope we can repeat it. You don’t have to stay for the whole session, so if you can only spare an hour, you are still welcome.

Twenty is Plenty

The Devon County Council area highways committee (HaTOC) have voted to kill any chance of a 20 limit on Kingsway and other West Teignmouth roads. In a performance worthy of an episode of Yes Minister, councillors were given the impression that we must have 'speed calming’ and there isn’t any money for it (interesting to note the council did find £167,000 from road safety grants to spend on offices and furniture). The truth is whilst 20 mph SPEED ZONES do require some sort of traffic calming, this dosen’t have to be physical or expensive; 20 mph SPEED LIMITS can be introduced without any form of traffic calming. Speed Zones refer to a collection of streets with a 20 mph limit whilst Speed Limits are set for individual roads. Some local authorities have set 20 mph speed limits on a number of individual roads so creating a blanket coverage of residential areas with a 20 mph speed limit. Liberal Democrat Transport Minister, Norman Baker, has made changes in signage requirements which make it far easier and cheaper for local authorities to implement wide area 20mph limits for towns and villages. Many thanks to James McMurray for supporting me - putting Teignmouth before politics. Thanks also to the Kingsway residents who have been helping me get signatures and evidence for the ‘Twenty is Plenty’ campaign Professor Danny Dorling has shown that adopting a default speed limit of 20mph in residential areas is a driver for widespread social progress as well as a successful road safety policy.

Grot Shop update

Steven Hobbs, Senior Planning Enforcement Officer, has approached the owner about taking steps to tidy the appearance of the building. He will visit the One Stop site this week and discuss the matter with a senior officer about taking enforcement action.