Village News 20mph back on agenda
A 20mph SPEED limit through the centre of Alvechurch is back on the cards after a three-way meeting be- tween the parish, district and county councils. Parish chairman Andy Humphries
told Alvechurch Parish Council: “Worcestershire County Council has no good reason for turning down 20mph limits so we persuaded them to produce a proposal. “We looked at having some 20mph somewhere in the middle of the village and the highways officer is to draft up in the next six weeks
a proposal for new speed limits through the village.” The meeting also focused on park-
ing. “We talked at length about more on-street parking and fewer double yellow lines, but there were a num- ber of concerns from officers,” said Coun Humphries. Coun Marc Worrall added: “There
were good technical reasons as to why the double yellow lines were there. The bottom line was they thought only two more parking places could be gained.” One idea to come out of the meet-
ing was to enforce a one-hour park- ing limit during the night at Tanyard Lane car park to prevent long-term parking, although residents would be able to acquire a permit if neces- sary. Meanwhile, a meeting between
the parish council and MP Sajid Javid raised hopes that he may be able to help with a permanent speed cam- era on the A441 at Hopwood, where three years ago the now Home Sec- retary stood with Coun Humphries and witnessed “lorries flying down the road.”
Hopwood mums
win play backing A GROUP of Hopwood mums, with the backing of Alvechurch Parish Council, are a step closer to seeing their chil- dren playing on new equipment. Since approaching the council last
year, they have raised two thirds of the £30,000 needed to install the equip- ment on the parish-owned Hopwood playing fields.
£10,000 of this is coming from the
Bromsgrove “new homes bonus” after the mums presented their plea to the panel deciding the awards. Coun John Cypher said: “We ap-
plied for money under the new homes bonus scheme and sent a delegation, including a Hopwood mum and her daughter, to meet the panel. “We blew the panel away,” he added.
“There is a bit of play equality in this. There has been a lot spent on the Meadows in Alvechurch village and these mums would like some spent in Hopwood.”
n The parish council is to investigate installing a large sign and posts to tie dogs to at The Meadows after some villagers had called for a fence to be installed around the new play equip- ment there to keep dogs out. “The fencing idea is out. I don’t think
that is what we are about,” said Coun Marc Worrall.
8 The Village October 2018
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