I am pleased to confirm that the Parish Council has given the go-ahead for three
“slow down” signs to be erected on the approach roads to Shiplake Primary School
and the siting of two solar-panelled Vehicle Activated Signs in each direction on
the A4155 to remind cars to travel at 30mph. These have been underwritten by the
Parish but we are hopeful that we may make some recovery of the cost via the County
Area Stewardship Fund.
The Parish Council had agreed to go to consultation on the issue of parking in the
area in July and re-affirmed it’s commitment to do this at the October Meeting but
it first had to check whether the cost of any scheme implementation could be paid
for by the Parish and to obtain information from OCC on what scheme would be put
to residents of Lower Shiplake at the consultation stage. The key priority for the
Parish Council is resident safety.
We have been advised By OCC Highways that that any phased approach to traffic restrictions
would not be approved by them and that they would only support a single scheme that
in their view would provide a one-off long term solution. The final decision is not
made by the Parish but by the OCC Highways Cabinet Officer despite the fact that
the Parish will be paying the bill if residents support the scheme. We have asked
OCC Highways via our Councillor Dr Peter Skolar to bring a final detailed proposal
to the Parish Council (something they have not done as yet) together with details
of the consultation process so that we can communicate it to residents and start
the formal consultation process.
Can I thank you all for your patience and for all of those of you who have provided
input to the debate.
Tudor Taylor - Chairman Shiplake Parish Council
October 2011