COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH - BROOK LANE

On Thursday 14th February I joined other local residents and volunteers for our monthly Community Speedwatch session. This time we stationed ourselves on Brook Lane, just before the bridge over the bypass and we had one of our busiest sessions to date, recording 52 vehicles speeding (one every 69 seconds). Most of the speeding vehicles were travelling towards the village centre.

We felt that it was important to carry out a session between 3pm and 4pm so to coincide with the end of the school day, as this section is on the approach to Alderley Edge School for Girls and is used by many parents as a picking-up location. The School Safety Zone (20 mph limit) begins only another hundred yards along Brook Lane, which makes the results even more disappointing.

- 39 vehicles speeding but under 40 mph
- 15 vehicles speeding between 40-49 mph
- 2 vehicles speeding in excess of 50 mph
- highest recorded speed was 52 mph

As always, we are grateful for the help of our volunteers, without whom we would not be able to run these sessions. If you are able to give an hour a month to help us run more sessions, please contact me.