The sign at Firth End

Binsted’s Transport Working Group (TWG) comprises councillor and non-councillor volunteers, with the remit to:

  • identify and consult with residents and relevant authorities on traffic issues, including road traffic and safety, road and aircraft noise, and low-carbon transport;
  • recommend to BPC actions and investments to address issues identified; and
  • manage the operation of BPC’s speed reduction initiatives.

Currently the TWG is focusing particularly on:

  1. Ensuring full implementation of Frith End & Blacknest Traffic Calming Scheme
  2. Reducing risks caused by speeding across the parish
  3. Securing safety improvements at Rowledge and Binsted Primary Schools
  4. Securing improvements in HGV signage in parish
  5. Securing safety improvements at Shipwrights Way A325 crossing.

The TWG manages three speed risk reduction initiatives in the parish:

  1. Speed Indicator Devices (SIDs): We have expanded this programme and now have five vehicle-activated SID units, which are rotated around fifteen locations across the parish. Flashing signs remind drivers to observe the speed limits and collect data on traffic volumes and the speeds. SIDs do not record registration numbers or take photos of vehicles. Volunteers organise all aspects of SID deployment: they change and charge SID batteries; collect and analyse the data; and move SIDs to new locations as needed. Full details of the SID programme are set out in the attached ‘SID_Information Pack August 2026’.
  2. Community Speed Watch (CSW):  CSW volunteers use a police-approved radar gun to collect data from one hour speed watch sessions. Number plates of speeding vehicles are passed to Hampshire Constabulary, to send drivers follow-up letters. The parish has two CSW teams – one covering Blacknest and Frith End, the other covering Binsted village. The Binsted team is currently inactive, due to a shortage of volunteers. If you can volunteer to help in Binsted or are interested in forming a new team in Bucks Horn Oak /Rowledge/Holt Pound, please contact Mike Mordecai (Parish Clerk)  clerk@binstedparishcouncil.org.ukor 07483 310631.
  3. Average Speed Watch cameras (ASW cameras) are sited at locations that have been approved by Hampshire Constabulary and Hampshire County Council. ASW cameras take pictures of numberplates of all passing vehicles that are exceeding the speed limit. They do not capture a picture of the driver. A link to the DVLA also identifies whether vehicles caught speeding on ASW cameras have valid tax and MOT. BPC’s ASW Cameras policy (https://binstedparishcouncil.org.uk/parish-council/policies-legislation) details how ASW data is collected and used.

The TWG is also active in lobbying for improved road repairs and for the provision of safer cycling and horse-riding routes.