I have had a letter from the officer dealing with this matter to tell me that the proposal will be going to the Traffic Committee on a date yet to be fixed.

Since completing the table of responses two more survey forms have come in strongly in favour of the double yellow line proposal.

However it is clear that the issue which most people are worried about is the speed of the traffic on Booth’s Hill Road. Vehicles coming into the village from the west (from Warrington) are most likely to be speeding. Vehicles leaving the village accelerate as they pass the end of Highfield Road.

Double yellow lines will remove parked vehicles so those coming out of Highfield Road will have a better view of the traffic coming in and out of the village. However objectors to the scheme, and those wanting other measures as well as double yellow lines, are concerned that the absence of parked cars will encourage cars to speed up earlier and could make matters worse.

It will be up to the Traffic Committee to hear these arguments and decide whether the scheme goes ahead or not. It is very important that both those who want double yellow lines and those who have doubts are heard at the committee so that a sound decision can be made.

However one thing that most respondents seem to agree about is that the A56 running through residential parts of the village needs additional traffic calming measures to ensure that the 30 mph speed limit is respected so that residents. visitors and cyclists are not put at risk.

I will make sure that everyone who has expressed a view is told of the date of the Traffic Committee as soon as I know when it will be.