Hump Bridge Case Study

335 Words2 Pages

Your ask a number of specific questions which I have answered below as fully as possible

1) “Why has the rest of Firs Lane and Fords Grove got speed humps but the section with a blind hump bridge does not?”

Unfortunately, we no longer hold any records relating to the scheme that installed speed hump on Fords Grove or Firs Lane and officers who would have been involved are no longer with the Council. Consequently, it is not possible to say why there are speed humps in these roads.

2) “Do you accept ,or disagree, that a blind hump bridge, the other side of which the road narrows to one lane, is an extremely dangerous and risky situation?”

Due to the nature of hump backed bridges reducing forward visibility there can be a reduction in speed

Open Document