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A PETITION to make roads near Ilminster safer has launched this week. Pippa Sage is asking Somerset County Council (SCC) to introduce traffic calming measures to make the road from Ilminster to Kingstone, as well as Moolham Lane and Mill Lane. She is also asking Avon and Somerset Police to enforce 7.5 tonne weight restriction on the roads. Avon and Somerset Police has said they are encouraging residents to report the incidents, so they can be dealt with. The petition states that these roads are narrow, unlit, with no footpaths and have a current speed limit of 60mph. Ms Sage said there are “several things” making these roads unsafe, including vehicles travelling too fast, and lorries in excess of 7.5 tonnes breaching the weight restriction.
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Councillor Terry James proposed approving the scheme and Tony Johnson reluctantly seconded his motion. “I find myself extremely disappointed with this whole application,” coun Johnson said. “It just seems like an attempt to squeeze as many houses as you can get on the available space. “However, as I understand it, I cannot see any clear reason to refuse this application if I could, I would be putting it forward and opposing it. “I can’t see anyway we could stop it as it is.” Councillor Toni Fagan asked for conditions for water harvesting and a 100% hedgehog access is incorporated in the garden fencing to be placed on the planning permission.