Powys councillor 'frustrated' after meeting over crashes
A Powys councillor who organised a meeting over speeding cars in Welshpool has said he has been left 'a little frustrated' over the lack of a solution.
Following multiple incidents and crashes on Red Bank in Welshpool, Cllr Graham Breeze organised a meeting with Powys Council highways officers, the town council and Dyfed Powys Police to try and find a solution.
While a number of options were reportedly raised on how to tackle the issue, Cllr Breeze said he thinks everyone left the meeting 'a little frustrated' that there was 'no immediate solution' to the problem.
He said: 'I organised a meeting attended by Powys Council highways officers, Welshpool Town Council clerk and councillors, and Dyfed Powys Police, when safety concerns over the Red Bank road area stretching from the junctions with Church Bank and Guilsfield Road were aired and discussed.
'My reason for calling the meeting was down to a number of speeding incidents highlighted to me by residents and members of the public combined with the number of HGV drivers ignoring the advisory signs warning that the road is unsuitable for such vehicles.
'I felt there was a general agreement that there were problems and a number of options were thrown into the mix by those attending, such as closing off the link to the Welshpool-Guilsfield road, one-way systems, traffic calming, speed checks, electronic speed checking, improved warning signage, community speed watch days and more.
'The repercussions of the suggestions were highlighted and it was also made clear that there were issues over enforcing speed restrictions in the area that had been highlighted y the GoSafe Speed Camera Organisation.'
Earlier this year a car speeding down the road collided with a house, while last year a HGV demolished the steps of another property after colliding with it, and a pedestrian was knocked down at the end of the road heading into town centre.
Cllr Breeze added: 'I pointed out that large areas at the top of Red Bank were earmarked for housing development in the new Local Development Plan which would present additional problems both during the construction stage and following habitation of the new properties with the increased number of vehicles potentially seeking access via Red Bank.
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