Chester Road Penyffordd that used to be a Village Road

An email through the blog to Colin Everett Chief Executive of Flintshire County Council.

Dear Colin,
Hope you are settling in well to your new post. As mentioned in my introductory email to you its no good going in at the top, its impossible to make your mark.

I see you have plenty of balls to juggle. A dilapidated housing stock, villages with no traffic calming or fed up with rat runs, we won't mention A494. I see your employees have the run of the roads. Two of your vehicles charging into the village last Friday at 45 mph approx.
There must be many other tasks, all that need money that appears not to be around.

The picture above is the tea time rat run the morning Rat Run is faster and stronger.

This is pre Warren Hall A55 exit, pre Broughton Park extension and pre Warren Hall Business Park.

I have just had a visit from PC Chris Pullen, as well as telling me about matters Penyffordd he asked how I was. I tell him I'm a little depressed.

Before you joined Flintshire County Council it would appear that certain plans were made for Chester Rd, Penyffordd.

The late Derek Darlington Flintshire Council Leader and County Councillor for Penyffordd was well aware of what faces Penyffordd from the three Broughton developments.
Our current County Councillors appear less up to speed. David Williams is still learning, Colin Bithell has no excuses what so ever.

Flintshire County Council would appear to be pushing millions of extra cars in our direction over the next 5 to 8 years. Flintshire County Council would appear to want Chester Road left wide open to help deal with all this extra traffic that is coming passed Penyffordd along with our By - Pass.

I find this objective disgraceful for a County Council. Our village environment should come before the national road network, we have a by-pass. Flintshire Environment should be challenging Flintshire Highways instead of being in on the plot.

Does Flintshire County Council think we are all stupid in Penyffordd?

There should be a policy for keeping our villages as villages instead of allowing all this trash through our communities.

Wrexham Council are light years ahead with traffic calming. Flintshire Highways seem intent on making Chester Rd the second by-pass for the village.

Over the next month I will be making calls on your Freedom of Information Dept.
I will try to get letters published in The Evening Leader.
I will be making written complaints against Highways and Environment. I have read the rules. If my complaints are not dealt with properly I will petition The Ombudsman.

Yours sincerely

Colin Hughes

Penyffordd District

LINK Derek Darlington

POSTSCRIPT: Another reason that commuters prefer Chester Road is that Penyffordd By-Pass is not "fit for purpose". This is BEFORE the three Broughton developments. Flintshire Highways need to rely on Chester Road to support their collapsing road network.

They have shafted Penyffordd with the aquiesence of our County Councillors.