o Eco Chearsley
o New Speed Indicator Device and Results
o Keeping on top of the Leaf Miner Moth
Eco Chearsley
The Parish Council welcomes new ideas and thoughts on how we as a village, householders and individuals can play our part to help reduce climate change. As a starting point, Bella Wall Morris , our very own eco warrior, has produced an excellent presentation with some great suggestions which is here. Following up on this, Derek Allen of the Old Bakery is putting together some further practical suggestions in the coming weeks. For example, there are a number of government grants and subsidies for heat pumps and house insulation that are currently available. Any suggestions and comments please email chearsleypc@chearsley.com
New Speed Indicator Device and Results
You may have seen the new SID (Speed indicator Device) the Parish Council has purchased and had installed. This is currently in place at the Aylesbury Road entry from Cuddington, As well as giving a dynamic speed display to drivers, this device also records speeds and we download this data, produce reports and pass onto the police.
The latest speed report is published here. The average speed at the initial measurement point entering the village (measured approximately at the public footpath, well inside the gates and the 30mph limit) is currently 39mph which is still high. The device also measures speed at the device itself to give a measure of slow down. After being up for several weeks, the most recent average speed going past the device is down to 31 mph which is very good and a great help to maintaining safety in the village. This slowdown confirms the positive results seen by many villagers subjectively since the SID was put up. So thank you to all who have set a good example to other through traffic !
We will be moving the SID to other locations in the village in the coming weeks.
Keeping on top of the Leaf Miner Moth
A group of your hard working Parish Councillors and Officers cleared up the horse chestnut leaves at the junction last weekend. The purpose was to help drive infestation down of the leaf miner moth for next year. The leaves were removed to the allotment for disposal courtesy of Alan Bennett.
Disposing of fallen horse chestnut leaves in Autumn and putting up pheromone traps in Spring (available on the web) helps control the infestation of these moths that damage horse chestnut trees and the leaves, turning them prematurely brown.
