Traffic & Highway Services has put forward proposals to add two speed humps towards the top of the 100m-long road, which goes into the heart of the estate before ending in a turning circle.
Jason Horsepool said the children on the estate all liked to visit each others’ houses and to play outside.
‘We like to get the kids together but you get cars speeding down here as it’s a straight run,’ he said.
‘It will make it safer for the community and the majority of us will be in favour.’
‘It's residents, people picking people up, delivery drivers, they speed down turn around and then speed back. We all watch out for each others' kids and one of us will watch the road and shout car when we see one to warn everyone. It would be nice not to have to do that.’
Neighbour Gemma Haines, who has four children, said everyone on the estate has had a near miss with cars in the past.
‘It’s surprising how quick they come down here,’ she said. ‘Speed humps would help people understand this is an estate and there are kids out crossing the road.’
Another resident, Amy Legg, said she had written to Traffic & Highways herself asking for the measures to be put in place, and said most of the residents supported the introduction of traffic calming measures.
‘Even though its a no through road people still speed, with the vehicles parked at the side traffic also often ends up on the pavement too,’ she said.
‘Kids being kids there is always the chance of an accident. I even emailed the new deputies after the election to ask them to help. One of our neighbours' cats was hit and killed and I know they asked before for something to be done.’
She said she also asked Traffic & Highways to raise up the zebra crossing outside the estate to slow traffic and make it more visible, but had been told this was not possible as it was a ‘major thoroughfare’.
‘We have had a couple of near misses there, it’s a horrible crossing and drivers don’t see it,’ she said. ‘On one occasion I literally had to pull the buggy back onto the pavement to avoid it being hit by a speeding lorry who did not stop.’
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