A village on the main route to an award-winning beach often finds the traffic at odds with its population.
Anderby in Lincolnshire is home to around 380 people, but this increases to as many as 3,000 during the summer when holiday-makers seek the delights of Anderby Creek, just two miles up the coast road.
It is featured in the Good Beach Guide and the accolade puts extra pressure on the road through the Anderby village. With no pavements or streetlights and a speed limit of 40 mph, residents were keen to introduce measures to slow the traffic down.
After working closely with Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, an application was made by Anderby Parish Council to the Triton Knoll Community Fund resulting in a grant of £6,876.00 to buy two state-of-the-art, solar, vehicle activated speed warning signs, designed to enhance safety by warning drivers of speed limits or impending road hazards.
Chair of Anderby Parish Council Joanne Sharp said: “We are absolutely thrilled with the grant. We don’t need much in our village, but the issue of speed has been a major concern. We hope the signs will have the effect of slowing the traffic down by providing a timely reminder to drivers.”
Although there are a number of caravan parks, camp sites and holiday rentals in the vicinity, Joanne says it would be wrong to shift all the blame onto the holiday makers. “They are not always the culprits as locals have also been spotted being a bit too hasty!”
Despite the heavier traffic in the summer months, Joanne says the village is generally a haven of tranquillity. “It’s really lovely here. There’s no light pollution, so we can look up to the black sky at night and see all the stars,” she said.
The signs have been purchased from Unipart Dorman and Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership is installing the metal posts.