191 people have daytime access to a vehicle, but 35 do not.

106 people would not use a voluntary car service, but 8 would use such a service often, 27 occasionally and 70 would in the future.

25 car owners would be prepared to help with a voluntary car service.

Parish Councils need to identify who needs a voluntary car service and those willing to provide such a service, to set up a system to provide the service, and to publicise it.

31 people use the local bus service often or occasionally, mainly for shopping (19), leisure (12), travel to work (9) and medical visits (5).

101 people would like to see improvements in the bus timetable

94 people would like to see improvements in the routes covered

44 people are concerned about reliability

‘Bus service almost non-existent’

Parish Councils to determine who needs transport out of the Parishes, when and where they want to go and present the results to the D C C Transportation Centre and other appropriate provider agencies, and/or consider car sharing schemes and voluntary car services (as operate in other areas).

This section provided a large number of responses and people were anxious to identify the problems and the locations of trouble spots.

91 people (39%) were not satisfied with the state of the roads. The major causes of concern were:

All have implications for road safety and inconvenience, of a varying degree, to residents.

135 (63%) people thought there were ‘danger spots’ on the roads in the Parishes. Again, this question evoked a lot of response and a large number of specific danger-spots were identified.

Problems mainly relate to: impaired visibility and blind corners

82 people expressed concern about traffic speed and would like to see speed restrictions introduced. The

survey identified a large number of locations where speed restrictions and traffic calming measures were deemed necessary.

74 people did not think that road sign warnings were adequate for safety, and again the survey identifies specific needs and locations.

1. Parish Councils to analyse in detail all the problems, with their locations, which have been identified by the survey; possibly with the help of a special Working Party.
2. Parish Councils to notify the appropriate Bodies and Agencies of the nature and locations of the problems and danger-spots, and the levels of concern expressed, and to ensure actions are taken within the foreseeable future to improve road safety and monitored on a regular, long-term basis - before there is a serious accident.

19. PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY

A variety of difficulties were expressed concerning footpaths in the Parishes, and in some cases specific locations were mentioned.

• 32 people identified overgrown bushes or nettles
• 25 people identified mud or water
• 24 people identified no signposts
• 16 people identified no stiles or gates
• 15 people identified barbed wire
• 10 people identified farm animals
• 9 people identified crops in fields

and a further 18 difficulties were expressed. 40 people would be willing to help maintain and manage the Public Rights of Way network in the Parishes.

‘We don’t use footpaths because we don’t like people walking over our land so we don’t walk over theirs’

20. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

94 people (39%) did not know any of their Parish Councillors

167 people had never attended a meeting of the Parish Council

53 people had attended a Parish Council meeting, 16 within the last year.

‘Never – we will now try to though’

Parish Councils to publish the names of Councillors once a year, and to publicise the fact that parishioners may attend all Parish Council meetings.