Road Safety Concerns
18th of May, 2022
For anyone wanting to raise concerns about traffic concerns/dangerous driving etc here are the key contacts for this area and their email addresses. I would urge you to keep following up if you do not get a response. Some of the key contacts have been elected to their roles and have a duty to represent us.
KEY CONTACT - Charlie Edwards – elected Lancashire County Councillor – manages the portfolio for Transport/Roads in this area and Morecambe/Lancaster – Charles.edwards@lancashire.gov.uk 07891 813640
Cat Smith MP – elected Member of Parliament for Lancaster, Fleetwood and any areas in between – cat.smith.mp@parliament.uk
Matthew Salter – elected County Councillor – portfolio for Transport in Winmarleigh/Cockerham/Forton – matthew.salter@lancashire.gov.uk
Phil Durnell – Head of Highways for LCC – responsible for all roads and signage (not canal bridges) – condition of roads, strategic transport plans – phil.durnell@lancashire.gov.uk 01772 534675
Sergeant Lindsay Brown – local police rep on Cockerham Parish Council – links to the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership with LCC and other multi agencies responsible for road strategy/building in our area – 1938@lancashire.police.uk
Canal & River Trust - the charity that looks after the canal network and owns the canal bridges, many of which are listed - customer.services@canalrivertrust.org.uk or 0303 040 4040 to report an incident, accident or near miss
Melanie Harben – Parish Clerk for Cockerham, Thurnham with Glasson, , Scorton, Nether Wyresdale, Nateby – lancashireparishclerk@gmail.com
Angela Nicholls - Parish Clerk for Forton - 01995 602756
Gill Mason - Parish Clerk for Ellel - clerk@ellelparishcouncil.co.uk
Lancashire Road Safety Partnership – for speeding concerns please contact Lancashire Roads Safety Partnership at www.lancsroadsafety.co.uk. The Lancashire Road Safety Partnership is the coordinating body for Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool which aims to reduce road casualties through the management of speed, enforcement, engineering, emergency response, driver education and training and through developing collaborative approaches to education, awareness, engagement and other measures. This group liaises with police, Lancashire County Council Highways Dept and addresses local residents' concerns – should be the strategic lead in bringing all issues together.
Lancashire County Council Community Toolkit - to help residents tackle issues of speeding - https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/.../community-toolkit.pdf...
Lancashire Constabulary Operation SNAP - to report dangerous driving by submitting dashcam footage - https://unitedkingdom1cpp-portal.digital-policing.co.uk/...