This petition has been reviewed and the following response has been offered:
Dear Church Langley residents
Re: Church Langley Road safety stop speeding petition
Thank you for submitting your petition regarding speeding concerns in Church Langley. This has been passed to me for response as the Cabinet Member for Highways Maintenance and Sustainable Transport.
Requests such as this are dealt with by the Local Highways Panel (LHP). Essex has LHPs in each of our 12 districts. The LHP is responsible for making the decisions about which local highway schemes to recommend for design, costing and implementation in their area. Each panel has a set budget and meets at least four times a year to review requests for their area and prioritise which ones to put forward for further validation and design.
The LHP, which consists of Local County and Borough/City/District Councillors, consider requests which have sufficient community support as long as there is some degree of justification for it, for example:
• The scheme reduces casualties;
• The scheme improves safety; and
• The scheme represents good value for money.
In order for your suggestion to be considered you must contact your Local County Councillor, together with details of this suggestion, who will consider how to take this matter forward. Your Local County Councillor is Cllr Eddie Johnson who can be contacted via email oncllr.eddie.johnson@essex.gov.uk .
It should be noted that if your request or proposal is not supported then ECC would be unable to take this matter any further.
More information about LHPs including copies of agendas and minutes can be found on our website: https://www.essexhighways.org/Transport-and-Roads/Highway-Schemes-and-Developments/Local-Highway-Panels.aspx
I hope this is of assistance.
Kind regards
Cllr Lee Scott
Portfolio Holder for Highways Maintenance and Sustainable Transport