Anti-speed hump campaign goes on

The campaign to get rid of the speed humps in a South Staffordshire village will continue according to a county councillor.

A total of 10 out of 146 humps in Great Wyrley were removed in March after a six-year battle by residents.

Irate villagers had formed action group Wyrley Residents Against The Humps, carrying out protests against Staffordshire County Council. County Councillor Mike Lawrence said he had received just one complaint of speeding in the area since the humps were removed.

He said that after 12 to 18 months – when the effects of their removal is recorded – he would lobby for more to be removed.

He said: "We will have to see how removing those have affected road safety in the area.

"But if there is no increase in accidents, and I don't think there will be, then we will certainly be campaigning to get more humps removed and better traffic calming methods, like chicanes, in place."

The installation of the humps was part of a £180,000 County Council project to make the main routes to schools safer.

But the council found that after an assessment of the accident figures since their installation in 2003, that some were unnecessary.

However, a villager of Quinton Avenue has written to complain to Great Wyrley Parish Council claiming motorists are speeding where humps were removed.

The parish council wrote to the county highlighting residents' concerns and dismay at the level of consultation which had taken place with a reply expected in time for the next parish council meeting tomorrow.

Parish council clerk Mike Holder said: "The essence of the letter is that now the road humps have been removed the speed of traffic has increased.

"This is a danger to those who use the road especially children. They were not consulted about the removal."