Highway issues are often raised with us by residents.
Florescent clothing can help people be seen easier by motorists.
Remember the speed limits are the maximum speed permitted, but at times drivers should reduce their speed below that due to road conditions prevailing.
Many areas in & around Prudhoe have a 20mph limit, including around Schools.
Useful links
The Highway Code – Click here
The Horse society – Click here
RSPCA – Dogs in cars Click here
ROSPA – Click here
Drink / Drug driving – Police info – Click here
Speeding–
Northumbria Police – Click here
Community speed watch – Click here
Penalty Points (HM Govt)– Click here
THINK – Click here
School run advice
A letter from Northumbria Police (December 2016) Click here
Parking beside a School – Click here
Northumberland County Council
Highways defects -Reporting, Please use FIX MY STREET, Click here
Paving over a front garden – Click here
Northumberland Council Road Closures – Click here
Roadworks . org information – Click here
Blue badge – Click here
Untaxed vehicles – Click here
Civil enforcement officers Click here
Parking fines – Click here
Abandoned Vehicles – Click here
One defective street light can cause a risk to road users.
Also increases the chances of anti social behaviour / Crime and the fears of crime- Please report defective lights.
Bad parking causes delays, sometimes with very severe consequences.
Parking on grass verges and footpaths.
One type of complaint that is made on a regular basis to the Councils and the Police is grass verge / pavement parking.
This takes places in various parts of Prudhoe, throughout the County in fact the whole Country.
There may well be a danger or inconvenience to others.
At times damage will be obvious immediately ,on many other occasions damage to pavements and the utilities such as telephone and broadband cables appear over time.
The detrimental visual impact upon the area is obvious.
Drivers who have complained locally have stated that their view is obstructed by vehicles parking on grassed verges.
Residents occasionally ask that bollards are placed along stretches of a road, this would be also become an eyesore, very expensive and displace the problem.
Also that yellow lines are placed to deter such parking.
This may inconvenience many people who wish to just ‘pop in’ to collect someone or something..
Others ask for parking places to be put near to their homes on what are currently grassed areas.
There are many reasons why this cannot always happen,including land ownership, the need to move utilities etc also the impact upon the environment, drainage, access to / from a road and eye watering costs.
Who would police these bays ? or deal with disputes between residents ?
The lifestyle of families can vary, e.g People may use a company vehicle, work from home and circumstances change with parking spaces no longer needed.
Families grow and young people may get their own vehicles then leave home, and the space is no longer needed.
If creating additional parking spaces is an option and you are not the land owner you should contact them to ask permission,
Not all grassed areas close to roads are owned by NCC (many are owned by social housing providers / private / unadopted roads or by developers).
Social housing providers have their own policies in relation to issues such as parking on their land – The biggest provider in Prudhoe is
Karbon homes Please see NCC information –
You should always check to see if you need permission from NCC to put in dropped kerbs.
When can a Council not take action?
If there are no regulations in place they have no power to take action, such as when a car parks on a pavement or grass verge.
The police can deal with obstructions / dangerous parking on the highway where no signs, lines or regulations are in place and you should contact Northumbria Police in these cases.
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To raise a vehicle related issue with the police –
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Please use the car parks at Eastwoods Park when visiting.
There are only a few places around town where there are parking restrictions, please check before you consider parking.
There are real dangers with Children using e scooters-
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Various and many expensive schemes have been introduced around the town but its always down to the driver to control their speed.
The reintroduction of the Police bay.
Notes
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