You may have noticed the construction of a single vehicle parking area almost at the top of Leeds Hill (Leeds Road). Apparently this has caused intrigue and we have been asked by the Rothwell and District Record if this is anything to do with LAWRRAG? It hasn't, but we can confirm what it is - It is a parking space for a mobile speed camera vehicle. Whether there are more proposed we don't know.
We have on file correspondence from the highways department to our councillors, stating that as the police do not feel that there is a problem with speeding along Leeds Wakefield Road their monitoring of vehicle speeds will be of low priority status. Their monitoring of night time HGV speeds will be non-existant.
Although the signs for mobile speed cameras were put up months ago and it is surely no coincidence that the parking area has been constructed right at the end of the council financial year.
No doubt this 'folly' will be used to show how our councillors are doing everything they can to address the speeding problem.
