Earlier this year we contacted Durham Police and Durham County Council (DCC) to express again our continuing concerns about speeding vehicles on the B1281 as it passes through Castle Eden, especially the section between Hallow Hill and the Hesleden junction at Gray Avenue. This followed similar concerns raised by local residents at a PACT meeting in Blackhall Colliery and also by members of the local residents' association. We have also raised our concerns with the relevant agencies on a number of occasions in the past (please see posts dated Wednesday 6 January 2016, Saturday 6 February 2016 & Friday 23 March 2018 for the main background details).
It is generally acknowledged that there are limited statutory options available to the police and the council to adopt physical measures to slow traffic at this location so we asked that a traffic management report from 2014 be reviewed to factor-in the risks associated with the more recent concerns as expressed above. Consequently traffic management officers form DCC and the police have now issued an updated version of the management document. While most of the report remains unaltered there are certain measures which are recommended for implementation.
Please follow the link below for the revised document: