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THE A35 road through Kilmington could play host to an enormous zebra next March as concerned residents plan a protest for speed restrictions and a crossing in tha village.
The A35 Action Group held its monthly meeting at The Old Inn in Kilmington last Thursday where it was revealed the group has made contact with Brake, the registered road safety charity that lobbies the government to improve road safety.
Alongside an expert legal team and a wealth of experience in organising protests, Brake uses its mascot, Zak the Zebra, to gain media attention and raise the profile of road safety campaigns.
Also at the meeting, East Devon District Councillor lain Chubb read out a letter from MP Hugo Swire, who has vowed to keep pressuring the authorities for action to be taken at the notorious accident blackspot.
Action Group member, Mike Jones, said: “Everything looks as though it’s moving in the right direction.
“We’ve all been putting in hard work and hopefully when we meet again we can start to organise a protest, to really raise the profile of the campaign.
“But people must keep signing our petition and write letters to the powers that be to keep the pressure up.”
A survey on the level of traffic running through the A35 in Kilmington should be completed by the Highways Agency by March 2008, allowing Devon County Council officials to make a decision on new speed restrictions and traffic calming measures along the troublesome stretch of road.
Residents have described turning in and out of the village as a “chicken-run” and would ideally like to see speed limits and a road crossing installed on the busy trunk road, which elderly people and young children have to cross every day in order to use the village bus stop, Miller’s Farm Shop and the primary school.
At a recent meeting of Devon County Council’s executive committee, councillors voted to put pressure on Connect, the organisation responsible for Britain’s trunk roads, to get calming measures installed along the road.
MEP Neil Parish and County, District and Axminster Town Councillor Douglas Hull have also pledged their support.
The A35 Action Group held its monthly meeting at The Old Inn in Kilmington last Thursday where it was revealed the group has made contact with Brake, the registered road safety charity that lobbies the government to improve road safety.
Alongside an expert legal team and a wealth of experience in organising protests, Brake uses its mascot, Zak the Zebra, to gain media attention and raise the profile of road safety campaigns.
Also at the meeting, East Devon District Councillor lain Chubb read out a letter from MP Hugo Swire, who has vowed to keep pressuring the authorities for action to be taken at the notorious accident blackspot.
Action Group member, Mike Jones, said: “Everything looks as though it’s moving in the right direction.
“We’ve all been putting in hard work and hopefully when we meet again we can start to organise a protest, to really raise the profile of the campaign.
“But people must keep signing our petition and write letters to the powers that be to keep the pressure up.”
A survey on the level of traffic running through the A35 in Kilmington should be completed by the Highways Agency by March 2008, allowing Devon County Council officials to make a decision on new speed restrictions and traffic calming measures along the troublesome stretch of road.
Residents have described turning in and out of the village as a “chicken-
MEP Neil Parish and County, District and Axminster Town Councillor Douglas Hull have also pledged their support.