More than a third of vehicles travelling through a Stewartry area have been speeding.
Two new vehicle activated speed signs have been installed in Corsock as a result of concerns from locals about the speed of traffic.
And data downloaded from the signs reveals that in the first four days of them being up, more than a third of the 850 vehicles travelling through the village were above the 30mph speed limit.
The need for the signs was highlighted in December 2020 following a community survey by locals and the Corsock Kids Club.
The club’s Lindsay Stewart said: “Thanks to all involved for making the village a safer place.”
The cost was put at just over £10,000 with half secured from the Blackcraig Windfarm Community Benefit Fund, administered by Glenkens and District Trust and Foundation Scotland.
Trust chairman, Fiona Smith, said: “We were impressed by the level of community support for this project and the steps taken to get matched funding. We hope this will reduce traffic speed in the village.”
The project was supported by Corsock and Kirkpatrick Durham, who provided some of the funding, with £5,000 coming from the Strategic Timber Transport Scheme.
The scheme’s Roland Stiven said: “The Strategic Timber Transport Scheme aims to support projects that reduce the impact of timber transport and it is good to see a community making use of the support to develop initiatives such as this.”
Regular summaries of the speed sign data will be published through the Corsock and Kirkpatrick Durham Community Council Twitter account @CorsockKPD.
Thanks go to everyone involved in the project, including the community council, Charlotte Carson at the council’s roads department and south of Scotland timber transport officer James England.
