MIDDLEWICH Town Council is raising concerns about speeding on Warmingham Lane after one resident spoke out at this month’s council meeting. 

Warmingham Lane resident Jonathan Parry spoke at the Middlewich Town Council meeting on Monday, July 20, asking for the councillors to ‘call on Cheshire East Council and Highways to immediately formulate a highways report on traffic calming options.’

Middlewich Town Council resolved to write to Cheshire East Council asking for a highways report on Warmingham Lane and asked for a reply within two weeks.

Simon McGrory said: “Highways have been contacted a number of times about this. 

“There is a serious speeding issue there on Warmingham Lane. It’s the minority but it’s the minority that create the problem, the roundabout there creates problems in itself.”

Jonathan Parry conducted a survey of residents on Warmingham Lane to gather opinion and said 93 per cent of people living on Warminghan Lane want traffic calming measures.

Jonathan said: “I live on Warmingham Lane and I’ve lived there for a number of years now. It’s getting busier and busier which wouldn’t be a problem but for the speed people go down it.

“Some of them are going down there at about 70mph plus. There have been loads of accidents on Warmingham Lane, I’ve witnessed a lot of them, and the biggest percentage of accidents has been caused by speed. 

“We need a crossing because it’s a school route and a busy one at that. We’ve got new housing developments opening on Warmingham Lane, there’s still the Glebe Farm estate to come and now Cheshire East is saying they’re putting 350 more homes in Middlewich, which will no doubt be on Warmingham Lane, but nothing is being done to make the road safer. 

“I’m not someone who says we don’t want development because they have got to put them somewhere but you need to make the roads safe first.”

After Jonathan spoke at the meeting, the town council discussed the issue and all agreed that something needed to be done about speeding along Warmingham Lane. 

Jonathan added: “I was really happy with the resolution from the town council, everyone was singing from the same hymn sheet and it was really encouraging to see the councillors discussing it and adding their own amendments to what I’d proposed. 

“Cllr Bill Walmsley amended it to suggest writing a letter and giving them two weeks to reply.”