The People’s Priority for Local Policing

E-cops have notified us that Cambridgeshire Police Authority and Constabulary are asking the people of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough what they think police should focus their efforts on next year.

For the first time ever a ‘People’s Priority’ will be included in next year’s Policing Plan, meaning that local people will get to decide what they think should be a priority for policing in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Read more about how to register your views by clicking on the link below -
The People’s Priority – your chance to have a say The deadline for responses is 23 November 2009.

So – residents of Dry Drayton – let them know what should be their policing priorities for the year ahead.  If you are not sure what to suggest to them, here are a few examples emerging from the Dry Drayton Village Plan:

• Better enforcement of speed limits on the C193 through the village
• Action to reduce the very real threat to cyclists from speeding motorists on the Dry Drayton to Madingley and Madingley to Cambridge roads
• Supporting CCTV in villages
• Better communication between the police and the community – and this might include actually making the e-cops communication channel two way and answering e-mails that they receive via that route from the public.  

Dry Drayton, Madingley, Cambridge route

A campaign has been started to improve cycle facilities between Bar Hill, Dry Drayton, Madingley and Cambridge.

In the meantime something needs to be done to improve safety for cyclists on this route. Between Dry Drayton and Madingley and between Madingley and Cambridge there are several blind bends, poor road surfaces and crumbling road edges. On most occasions when driving along this route you can expect to encounter between 2 and 6 cyclists. Given the nature of the road, motorists need to leave a minimum of 6 feet between themselves and a cyclist when overtaking. So why is it that whenever you travel this route and drive at 40mph, a safe speed for the circumstances, there is always some clown wanting to overtake and drive at 60 mph?

Shouldn’t there be a clear 40mph speed limit on this route? Dry Drayton residents can help keep traffic speed down by driving at 40mph themselves.

Let’s hope the new campaign for the cycleway brings about the desired effect. Good luck to the campaign.