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Speed

Reported via desktop in the Surface Condition category anonymously at 16:05, Sat 14 June 2025

Sent to Northumberland County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7709640.

Is there anything you can do to help slow vehicles coming down this hill,yes we have speed bumps but the first one isn’t until you are just below the entrance to newholme avenue which is a popular crossing point to the children’s park…I don’t expect miracles but wondered if like other places ( catton,Hexham and Morpeth to name three that I see regularly ) why cant we have a sign that indicates what speed you are doing as you are approaching the sign,or a flashing sign indicating a children’s playground,I know I slow down to well below the limit when I see one of these signs,it’s honestly just a matter of time before someone gets knocked over entering or exiting the comb hill park,the hill is already busy with moving traffic heading too and from the military road but also there are cars quite legally parked but children do forget and pop out from between parked vehicles too ….or like Hexham make the whole hill a 20mph speed limit and get someone out monitoring it…the speed bumps only slow down cars as larger vehicles straddle it ( I know that's for emergency vehicles ) motorbikes fly between the bumps ….

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  • Thank you for your report. We will review this report within 10 working days. If you do have photographs please upload them to the report. This will assist us in our response.

    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 16:05, Sat 14 June 2025

  • Thankyou for bringing this to our attention.

    The results from the last speed survey carried out in 2023 at the north end of Comb Hill Road show the following:

    Northbound: Average Daily Vehicles - 231 Average Speed - 24.3mph 85th Percentile Speed - 29.5mph

    Southbound: Average Daily Vehicles - 238 Average Speed - 23.9mph 85th Percentile Speed - 28.7mph

    The results show that speeding isn't an issue at this site.

    In regards to the request for a interactive speed sign, these signs can only be funded by the Town / Parish Council or the Local County Councillor and must be mainatined by the Town / Parish Council.

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 11:22, Tue 24 June 2025

  • State changed to: Internal referral

    Updated by Northumberland County Council at 16:34, Sun 27 July 2025

  • Passed to highways programe.

    Posted by Northumberland County Council at 15:15, Sun 10 August 2025

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