Frustrated Blyton residents have demanded more action to stop drivers from speeding along the main road in the village, but the council has said that there are limits to do what it can practically do.
The latest crash in the village near Gainsborough happened on Friday, October 20, with seven people injured after a bus and Land Rover collided on the A159.
Lincolnshire Police thankfully confirmed within a few hours that there were no serious or life-threatening injuries.
The scene of the crash in Blyton on October 20. Photo: Lincolnshire Reporter
However, many local residents spoke to Lincolnshire Reporter, angry at a small minority of motorists for treating the road as a racetrack and putting their lives at risk.
Trevor Jacklin, 60, said: “People come into the village at ridiculous speeds overtaking each other and people forget that it’s still a 30.
“I fully expect to see a car crash into my garden sometime and speed cameras or bumps should be placed here.
“When I moved here I thought it was a quiet village but it’s like a racetrack.
“You take your life into your own hands while pulling out of the drive.”
Steve Clarke, 52, who has lived in Blyton for the last 15 years, said: “People come through the village at 50 to 60mph and always try and overtake you.”
Another disgruntled Blyton resident Wendy Douce, 48, echoed these thoughts, adding: “Cars are always flying in and out of the village. I went to turn into my house yesterday and a car overtook me and it’s becoming a regular occurrence.
“The council has put a speed awareness sign up but it hasn’t made a difference.”
Photo: Lincolnshire Reporter
Steve Wiles, local highway network manager for north area at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “We’re aware of the local concerns regarding traffic speeds along Gainsborough Road, and have already installed additional signage to remind motorists to drive slowly.
“This includes yellow-backed illuminated 30mph speed restriction signs at the entrance to the village and red surfacing with ‘slow’ marked on the road at the northern approach to the village.
“These have been complemented by decorative signs that act as a gateway to the village.
“This is over and above what national standards require, but there are practical limits to what we can do to stop speeding.
“So we would encourage motorists to drive with appropriate care within the village, and remind them that they could face police action if they exceed the speed limit.”
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Secret Symphony’s 50-piece Limelight Orchestra will perform an enhanced ‘one night only’ show at Lincoln Cathedral next month.
The show will celebrate all things space, stars and interstellar under Luke Jerram’s ‘The Museum of The Moon’. It will be performed among immersive lighting and the gaze of a silvery moon.
The Museum of The Moon exhibition will run at Lincoln Cathedral between February 7 and 27, with the exclusive orchestra show taking place during the evening of Saturday, February 26.
Tickets are on sale for the orchestra show priced at between £35.45 and £44.25 – buy tickets here.
The original show toured in 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.
The exclusive and enhanced show has a reimagined soundtrack that includes tracks from David Bowie, Coldplay, Muse, Public Service Broadcasting, ELO, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jamiroquai, Daft Punk, Elton John, and more.
Greater Lincolnshire’s councils are ahead of the game when it comes to delivering housing according to the latest data from government.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ annual Housing Delivery Test shows that the seven district councils, along with North and North East Lincolnshire Council, have built 13,304 homes – 49.08% higher than the 8,924 they were estimated to require between 2018 and 2021.
The City of Lincoln, North Kesteven and West Lindsey District Councils have a joint plan have delivered 4,925 homes compared to the 2,810 they required. A rise of 75%.
Meanwhile the most advanced authority was South Holland District Council which has delivered 76% more homes than it required.
South Kesteven, despite being the lowest of the Greater Lincolnshire authorities still managed to beat its target by 10%, building 1,851 homes against a requirement of 1,678.
North East Lincolnshire built 61% extra houses, while North Lincolnshire built 13% more than they needed.
The latest data showing the Housing Delivery Test data.
Elsewhere in the country, 51 (16%) of the 320 local planning authorities tracked by the government face sanctions after failing to deliver at least 75% of the homes needed in their area over the past three years.
The Housing Delivery Test was introduced in 2018 in order to track whether councils were meeting local housing needs and help hit a target of 300,000 new homes by the mid-2020s.
It uses local housing need, along with projected average annual household growth, adjustments for affordability and local plans to formulate the required number of homes.
Those that do not meet the target can be forced into a “presumption in favour of sustainable development” position which enables developments to be approved unless adverse impacts “significantly and demonstrably” outweigh the benefits.
Following a burglary earlier this month, we are releasing pictures of the items taken in the hope it might assist with our investigation and ultimately lead us to the offenders.
Equipment including tools, tool boxes and diagnostic equipment was taken from the premises on Grantham Road, Waddington. We believe a white Ford Transit or Iveco ‘Luton’ style van was used as transport by the offender/s who broke in at the rear of the property on the 2 January at around 7 pm.
We would like to hear from anyone who has any information about the burglary, or anyone who may have seen the equipment for sale.
Please contact us in one of the following ways:
Call 101 with incident reference number 156 of 3 January.
Email [email protected] with the reference number in the subject heading.
Call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
If you’ve been the victim of crime, support is available, whether you have reported the crime to the police or not. Victim Lincs provide free, confidential advice and guidance, as well as access to specialist emotional support services. Visit victimlincs.co.uk or call 01522 947510 Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm.
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