E- Petition – Calm Our Community Thank you for your petition concerning the above which closed on 31 March 2016 When representations are made alleging speeding traffic or requesting traffic calming, this Authority act by liaising with our Safety Team and Local Police Officers to determine whether the road in question qualifies for intervention. Having done this, there is no evidence to suggest that speeding has been a particular problem here, hence Hertfordshire County Council do not currently have any plans for traffic improvements, traffic calming or otherwise in Briary Lane funded via our core budgets. Notwithstanding the above Highway Locality Officers are in regular contact with the local County Councillors and discuss requests for traffic calming with them. The Councillors have access to a limited Highway Locality Budget where they can, at their discretion, fund traffic surveys to ascertain the mean speeds and volume of traffic. The local County Councillor Fiona Hill has agreed to fund traffic surveys in this area from her 2016/17 Highway Locality Budget, for these purposes. The survey should be completed by the end May whereupon the results will be assessed in comparison to the thresholds within the County Councils’ Speed Management Strategy (SMS) to determine whether a real speeding problem exists. The SMS can be accessed via visiting our website at Hertsdirect.org. You and your Councillor Fiona Hill will be updated once the traffic figures have been assessed